I'm using Achive::Zip (with perl v5.14.4) to gather various log files on Windows. Unfortunately Windows Explorer cannot see any directories inside the zip file, though unzip, 7zip, winzip, etc can see them. I guess this can be waved aside as a Windows problem, not Perl, but any ideas will be helpful. Here's a minimal example: 
# this is perlzip.pl
use strict;
use Archive::Zip;

my @files_to_get = (
    { files => "perlzip.pl" }, #  in current directory
    { files => "\\alans\\dummy.txt"  }, # in another dir
);

my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();  # new zip object for packaging
foreach my $href ( @files_to_get ) {
    my $file = $href->{"files"};
    print( "  adding $file\n" );
    $zip->addFile( $file );
}
$zip->writeToFileNamed( "MyZip.zip" );
exit;

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To try that you need two files: ".\perlzip.pl" and "\alan\dummy.txt"
Using backslashes or forward-slashes as directory delimiters in the script makes no difference. In no case can Windows see paths in the zip file, and in all cases other zip tools can. Archive::Zip is probably using forward-slashes itself, which Windows is refusing to see.
If anyone can SUGGEST A SOLUTION it will be VERY much appreciated.

In reply to Archive::Zip problem with Windows Explorer by anadem

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