I am attempting to zip a folder (and the files within it) but not the subdirectories within it.

I have used the addTree function which works fine but also zips the subdirectories. I've also attempted the addDirectory and addFile functions neither of which I can get to work correctly. When i run my script with addDirectory i dont get any errors or warnings and the zip file is created but it is empty.

for example: 
  my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
$zip->addTree( 'C:\Users\Martin\Documents\Scripts\testfolder\\' );
   unless ( $zip->writeToFileNamed($BACKUPNAME) == AZ_OK ) {
       die 'write error';
   }

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Works perfectly but 
  my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
$zip->addFile( 'C:\Users\Martin\Documents\Scripts\testfolder\file1.txt
+' );
   unless ( $zip->writeToFileNamed($BACKUPNAME) == AZ_OK ) {
       die 'write error';
   }

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or 
  my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
$zip->addDirectory( 'C:\Users\Martin\Documents\Scripts\testfolder\\' )
+;
   unless ( $zip->writeToFileNamed($BACKUPNAME) == AZ_OK ) {
       die 'write error';
   }

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both create zip files but they are empty. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks

In reply to Problems with Archive::zip by Martinw

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