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Re: Help with zip in a Python exercise

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Date	Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:22:44 -0400
Subject	Re: Help with zip in a Python exercise
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On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:06 PM, <luggw1@elpasotel.net> wrote:

> I've been working through a Python tutorial online and one of the
> exercises uses the zip command.  The only problem is that the command
> doesn't work.  I've read through the man page for zip and it looks like
> what I'm attempting should work, but it doesn't.
>
> The command is:
>
> zip -qr /media/backup/backups/test/20130326100218.zip -i
> /home/luggw1/Documents/ /home/luggw1/Code/
>
> The error it produces is:
>
> zip error: Invalid command arguments (nothing to select from)
>
> Can anybody point out the error of my ways?
>

Not sure what os you are using.  If linux, then the zip command looks odd.
-q is quiet mode, you might want to remove that til it works.  Also not
sure your -i is set up propery.  Try to google zip tutorial as this isn't a
python question at all

>
> Thanks.
> Bill Lugg
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> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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Help with zip in a Python exercise luggw1@elpasotel.net - 2013-03-26 10:06 -0700
  Re: Help with zip in a Python exercise Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-03-26 13:22 -0400
  Re: Help with zip in a Python exercise Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2013-03-28 15:35 +0200

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