First suggestion -- use code tags.

Instead of shelling to winzip, have you considered using Archive::Zip?
my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
my $member = $zip->addFile( 'logfile.log' );
my $status = $zip->writeToFileNamed( 'dated_filename.zip' );
die "error somewhere" if $status != AZ_OK;

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As for naming the file, here is what I use:

my $tempDate = getDate();
my $outfile = $tempDate . ".zip";
sub getDate {
    my $date;
    my($day, $mon, $year) = (localtime)[(3,4,5)];
    $date = $mon . $day . $year;
    return $date;
}

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The fact that the files are located on another server shouldn't make much difference. Make sure you properly escape the backslashes...this should be enough to get you started.

mike

In reply to Re: Moving log files, create folder based on local time/date & zip them up based on local time & date. by mjeaton
in thread Moving log files, create folder based on local time/date & zip them up based on local time & date. by Anonymous Monk

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