Compress and uncompress directories using perl on Windows without disturbing the internal directory structure

prerna1 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

there are 2 drives on windows 2003 server A: (Mapped filesystem , low storage , tape) G: (Local drive) I want to take a backup of a folder say "Backup" ( and its subdirectories) using compressing and uncompressing this folder and without disturbing the internal folder structure, that too using perl. please help

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Re: Compress and uncompress directories using perl on Windows without disturbing the internal directory structure by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 14, 2012 at 18:08 UTC
You could look at using the Archive::Zip module (see also Archive::Zip::FAQ), and it's `addTree` method. See (Installing Modules from the Tutorials section). If one drive is low on disk space ensure you write zip files/temp files to a drive which isn't low on space. Windows allows you to browse and extract the contents of Zip files with Windows Explorer, thought Archive::Zip can also do extraction.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Compress and uncompress directories using perl on Windows without disturbing the internal directory structure by prerna1 (Initiate) on Mar 18, 2012 at 14:46 UTC
Can you please provide a short coding for the same? " I do have a coding, but its not working on Windows in shell script" tar cpf - sp \|(chdir ${A}\\${B}\\Base; tar xpf -)	[reply]
Re^3: Compress and uncompress directories using perl on Windows without disturbing the internal directory structure by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 18, 2012 at 15:57 UTC
The second link I provided has working code.	[reply]


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