Type in the folder name and the name of the zip file. 
#!c:\perl\bin\perl -w
use strict;
use IO::Handle;
use Cwd;
use Archive::Zip qw( :ERROR_CODES :CONSTANTS );

my ($tree, $zipname);
my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();

{
    my $today = scalar localtime();
    
    if ( $#ARGV != 1 )
    {
        print "$0:Usage $0 directory_tree zip_file_name\n";
        exit;
    }
    else
    {
        $ARGV[0] =~ s/\"//g;
        $zip->addTree( "$ARGV[0]", '.' );
        $zipname = $ARGV[1];
    }
    
    $zipname =~ s/\"//g;
    $zipname.=".zip" if ($zipname !~ /\.zip$/);        
        
    $zip->zipfileComment("Zipping up images.\n Date of Zip: $today"); 
+   
    ($zip->writeToFileNamed("$zipname") eq 0) 
                or die print "couldn\'t write to zip file. Reason: $!"
+;    
}

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...Tested in Windows

In reply to Re: Creating a Zip file with Perl by rupesh
in thread Creating a Zip file with Perl by powerhouse

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