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Old 03-28-2012
Help With zipping a file
Hi


I need to zip a file and move it into another folder along with the timestamp. The orginal file must be removed from the source directory

Source :
Code:
folder1/source12.txt
 
folder2

After zipping
Code:
Folder1/Folder2/source12.zip

Any help will be greatly appreciarted

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Last edited by vbe; 03-28-2012 at 10:04 AM..
# 2  
Old 03-28-2012
We know nothing about your system (OS etc...)...
Why dont your move the file to the correct destination first, since you want to move that directory to be a subdirectory of the first one?
# 3  
Old 03-28-2012
My source would always be ending with 2.So once we move the code tto the target folder will we be able to zip it without having the original source file.

My OS is hp ux U 9000/800
# 4  
Old 03-28-2012
I dont understand : If you move your file from dir1 to dir2, your file will be in dir2... since you have done nothing to the file but to move it, it has not reason to change...
Code:
ant:/home/vbe $ cd wks/dir1
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1 $ bdf>bdf.txt
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1 $ ll
total 8
drwxrwxr-x   2 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:43 .
drwxr-xr-x   6 vbe        bin           2048 Mar 28 17:41 ..
-rw-rw-r--   1 vbe        bin           1888 Mar 28 17:44 bdf.txt
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1 $
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1 $ mv bdf.txt ../dir2/.
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1 $ ll
total 4
drwxrwxr-x   2 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 .
drwxr-xr-x   6 vbe        bin           2048 Mar 28 17:41 ..
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1 $ cd ..;ll -ld dir*
drwxrwxr-x   2 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 dir1
drwxrwxr-x   2 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 dir2
ant:/home/vbe/wks $ ll dir2
total 8
drwxrwxr-x   2 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 .
drwxr-xr-x   6 vbe        bin           2048 Mar 28 17:41 ..
-rw-rw-r--   1 vbe        bin           1888 Mar 28 17:44 bdf.txt
ant:/home/vbe/wks $ mv dir2 dir1/.
ant:/home/vbe/wks $ r ll
ll dir2
dir2 not found
ant:/home/vbe/wks $ ll -ld dir1/*
drwxrwxr-x   2 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 dir1/dir2
ant:/home/vbe/wks $ ll dir1/dir2
total 4
drwxrwxr-x   2 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 .
drwxrwxr-x   3 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 ..
-rw-rw-r--   1 vbe        bin           1888 Mar 28 17:44 bdf.txt
ant:/home/vbe/wks $
ant:/home/vbe/wks $ uname -ms
HP-UX 9000/800

# 5  
Old 03-28-2012
Hi


I need to zip a file without retaining the source file.

Code:
 Mar 18 23:44 g.txt

then post zipping i should have

Code:
Mar 18 23:44 g.zip

The timestamp of g.txt should preserved in g.zip( the file obtained post zipping) file
# 6  
Old 03-29-2012
Code:
ant:/home/vbe/wks $ cd dir1/dir2
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1/dir2 $ ll
total 4
drwxrwxr-x   2 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 .
drwxrwxr-x   3 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 ..
-rw-rw-r--   1 vbe        bin           1888 Mar 28 17:44 bdf.txt
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1/dir2 $ zip *
/usr/bin/ksh: zip:  not found
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1/dir2 $ gzip bdf.txt 
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1/dir2 $ ll
total 2
drwxrwxr-x   2 vbe        bin             96 Mar 29 09:57 .
drwxrwxr-x   3 vbe        bin             96 Mar 28 17:45 ..
-rw-rw-r--   1 vbe        bin            828 Mar 28 17:44 bdf.txt.gz
ant:/home/vbe/wks/dir1/dir2 $

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