zipping

[pinhead]

I've been here for days!

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this call?

exec('"c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/winzip32.exe -a -en" "c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'.zip" "c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'"');
Ive tried hundreds of combinations, it seems anyway!!

$name is an Excel spreadsheet

Running Apache on Win2000

Ta

[bbaassiri]

does it run indefinetely? if so, you might want to try a different approach, like a using pkzip or an easier command line app

try using start before the statement or system call

exec('"start c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/winzip32.exe -a -en" "c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'.zip" "c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'"'); 

or

//im not sure if this would work
exec('"command c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/winzip32.exe -a -en" "c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'.zip" "c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'"'); 

or

system('"c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/winzip32.exe -a -en" "c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'.zip" "c:/program files/apache group/apache/bin/downloads/'.$name.'"'); 

[pinhead]

As it stands it does nothing. I tried Command with no change but Start does something although it seems to hang halfway and gets nowhere.

Thanks for your time