Calling Winzip from perl script


 
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Old 04-03-2007
Calling Winzip from perl script

Hi,
I would like to invoke "Winzip" utility from a perl script, input the name of zip file and provide output path for unzipped files. Any pointers will be appreciated.


Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-03-2007
What OS/environment? The Winzip web site doesn't seem to have versions for Unix...
# 3  
Old 04-03-2007
Please come in details..
# 4  
Old 04-04-2007
Why do you want to execute Winzip from Perl? On Windows, you probably can use system() to execute an external command. If all you want to do is to extract or read a ZIP file, use Archive::Zip.

http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/Archiv...Archive/Zip.pm
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Old 04-04-2007
We use Winzip to create a destination path with a specific suffix for individual zipped files on Windows. Just wanted to automate the same for multiple zipped files using a perl script.
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Old 04-04-2007
prepare the command that does the task for you. then run that command in a perl script as:
Code:
@command_to_run = ("command", "arg1", "arg2");
system (@command_to_run);

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