binmode(STDOUT);
use Archive::Zip;
use Archive::Zip::Tree;
my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
our $programdir = ".";
$programdir = $1 if $0=~/^(.+[\\\/])[^\\\/]+$/;

my $docroot = "";

open(CONFIG,"$programdir/getbackup.conf") || &DieConfig;
while(<CONFIG>){
    $docroot =$1 if /root\=(.+)[\n\r\s]*/i;
    $backupname =$1 if /name\=(.+)[\n\r\s]*/i;
 }
close(CONFIG);

print STDOUT "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n";
print STDOUT "Content-Type: application/x-downloads\n";
print STDOUT "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=backup$backupn
+ame-".time.".zip\n";
print STDOUT "\n";

# add all readable files and directories below . as xyz/*
$zip->addTree( $docroot, './'); 

# and write them into a file
$zip->writeToFileHandle(STDOUT,0);
sub DieConfig {
    print STDOUT "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
    print STDOUT "Need getbackup.conf with docroot= and name= setting\
+n";
    exit;
}

[download]

In reply to CGI - Zip tree archiver backup thing by Vennis

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.