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Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ?

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R.Wieser wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Using XP I'm creating a .ZIP file and am copying some folders into it
> using the CopyHere method
> 
> http://www.techcoil.com/blog/handy-vbscript-functions-for-dealing-with-zip-f
>  iles-and-folders )
> 
> The problem I have is the "when am I done?" method.   The 
> "[namespace].items.count" method seems only to return the items in
> that particular folder, ignoring any-and-all items in the subfolders.
> 
> 
> This means that the "when am I done?" method might determine it is,
> while there are still plenty of files in subfolders waiting to be
> copied (most likely causing those files not to get copied at all, as
> the object is cleaned up when the script terminates). :-(
> 
> Question: Is there another, preferrably simple*, method to get a "bit
> more" accurate method to determine all copying is done ?
> 
> *meaning: not a "by hand" gathering and counting of the to-be-copied
> files.

I cheat. I use the RUN command to run 7z.exe, the command line version
of 7-Zip. The command line parameters and switches give plenty of
flexibility, and the RUN command has the wait until done option.

To see the 7z commands, run "d:\path\7z.exe > comline.txt" in a command box.
-- 
Crash

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
~ Sigmund Freud ~

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XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-06-09 20:43 +0200
  Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2016-06-10 11:10 +0700
    Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-06-10 09:17 +0200
      Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-06-10 09:48 +0200
        Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-06-10 11:11 +0200
          Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2016-06-11 18:50 +0700
            Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2016-06-11 18:55 +0700
              Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-06-11 16:49 +0200
            Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-06-11 16:18 +0200
      Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2016-06-11 18:14 +0700
        Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-06-11 13:50 +0200
  Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-06-10 14:45 -0400
    Re: XP CopyHere to a zip-file - when is it done ? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-06-10 21:18 +0200

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