What happens in XP if you manually type the exact same pkzip command line in a MSDOS window? Does it work then? Have you tried Winzip instead?


>I spoke too soon! The folowing BATCH file works OK in WIN98 but does not work in WINXP.
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>: backup.bat
>: dele files on floppy
>echo Y|del a:\*.*
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>: zip data and sys files
>pkzip.exe -& a:\tp.zip *.dbf *.fpt *.cdx *.sys
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>Batch file, pkzip.exe and data files all reside in same directory.
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>The first command (delete the files) runs OK.
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>I did have to put in a delay of 30 seconds to prevent VFP from executing
>the next commands after I execute the 'RUN /N backup.bat'. This enabled the batch file to RUN OK in WIN95 and 98 but it fails in WINXP.
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>The second command fails after PKZIP (fails to run the parameters) and shows the PKZIP help screen.
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>Any ideas?