Hi
I'm zipping a file using the archive-zip module
use Archive::Zip qw(:CONSTANTS :ERROR_CODES);
and it zips the entire path of the item i'm zipping in with the zip, so that when I expand my zip the target is buried under a bunch of folders representing the file path.

Is there a flag or command to tell the lib that I only want it to save the file in the zip archive, without the directory structure above it?
I'm calling it with:
zipname = C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\test\1.zip
memberName is C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\test\1.dat

I'm trying to execute the code from a cgi-bin, not in the same local directory as the files.
sub zipit(){
    my ($zipName,$memberName)=@_;
    my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
    $zip->addFile( $memberName );
    my $zipstatus = $zip->writeToFileNamed($zipName);
}

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It gives me back a zip with a folder heirchy staring at Program Files. At the bottom of the heirchy the file is there by itself and it's fine, but I need to ditch the heirchy above it.

Many thanks. Totally stumped.

In reply to create zip without path struct by ecuguru

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