>>Interesting. Would this "text file" have the correct format - or perhaps be over-written by a correct ZIP file later?
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>I don't know. Now I'm running into a problem as to how you programmatically *put* files into this zipped folder. I can put files into it just fine through Explorer with drag & drop, but I can't copy files into it, either from a program or from a Windows cmd window. Any ideas?
I have used the command-line version of PowerArchiver. I had to research its command-line options. Other tools have their own command-line options.
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