Hello Monks, I'm trying to use Archive::Zip with info given in the link to the cgi. The file to be zipped is already on the server http://domain.com/files/downloadazip.cgi?link=text.txt the perl code I'm using is... 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#use strict;
use Archive::Zip qw(:ERROR_CODES :CONSTANTS);
use CGI qw(:standard);

if (param('link')){
   my $id = param("link");
   my $obj = Archive::Zip->new();
   my $file_member = $obj->addFile( $id );
   if ($obj->writeToFileNamed('download.zip') != AZ_OK) {  
     print header;
     print "Bad something or other!";
   } else {
     print header;
     print "<a href='download.zip'>archive created click to download</
+a>";
   }

}

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When I run this I get a zip file with no contents. If I replace $id with "zipthis.txt" (the file on the server) everything works. I can't find an example of a program like this so I come the the mighty perl monks to answer my question and record an answer for others that may have this problem. Also, how would I make the perl file redirect to the zip file so it will download after the zip file is created? This will replace the else statement above. I tried 
    #my $query=new CGI;
    #print $query->redirect('http://domain.com/files/download.zip');

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but I get a whole bunch of text instead of the option to save or open. Thank You.

In reply to Archive::Zip with cgi empty zip file by wapped

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