Re: How to handle password protected zipfiles

[Anonymous Monk]

Thanks for the info... Little confused with intentional input; This is what I understand --> I catfile my zip to a forwarding directory and the next line qx the intended zip file? My results are showing "The system cannot find the path specified". Not sure where the logic is failing me or if pkzip has problems with unc paths. $pkzip=File::Spec->catfile'$data_file','to','$data_control_dir'); qx!$pkzip -extract -pass XM#ip82# $data_file!;

[nimdokk]

I would suggest reading what File::Spec does. That line is simply building the path to wherever pkzipc.exe is located (assuming that is the name of the binary you are using) and assigning that to $pkzip. Its just a convenient shortcut. Of course, this assumes that you have pkzip (or some other commandline based zip utility) installed (Winzip does not work because it is a GUI, there is a commandline plug-in for it, but it costs). You will also need to read up on qx!! (or other methods for making system type calls with Perl - see the Camel Book or other online documentation for Perl).

[bart]

I don't see the point in using File::Spec to construct the path for an executable on Windows only.

If you were to actually go search for the program in PATH — or should I say, File::Spec->path — then I could understand. Now you're just acting silly.

[idsfa]

PKzip isn't Windows only. Writing portable code is JustPlainRight(tm).