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I have been trying to add arguments to my command line in a batch file. I have tried adding the selector "*.txt"as shown in documentation examples:

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  From the included help file in the executable:
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\r\n    zip [-shortopts ...] [--longopt ...] [zipfile [path path ...]] [-xi list]

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    No Example included

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  From DotNetZip Command-Line Tools HTML file:

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    ZipIt.exe <ZipFileToCreate> [arguments]

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    Example: 

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zipit.exe Backup.zip -d c:\\MyDocuments -r+ -j- *.*
 create a new zip file called Backup.zip, adding all files within the c:\\MyDocuments directory. Do not traverse NTFS Junction points (like My Videos).
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C:\\Tools\\ZipIt.exe\r\nE:\\EP3-PC\\2012-27-09\\Backup.zip C:\\Source -r+ "name = *.txt"

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 Command                            \r\nZipFile                 \r\nSource Folder     \r\nSelector
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Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: That file or directory (-r+\\-name) does n
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I've placed this selector without the "noun" and "operator" (which is shown as acceptable) both before and after the Source Folder (and in every other combination for that matter). I've tried using single and double quotes around each argument - still no\r\n dice :-(

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In every instance I get the FileNotFoundException. If I remove the selector options

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     C:\\Tools\\ZipIt.exe\r\nE:\\EP3-PC\\2012-27-09\\Backup.zip C:\\Source

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it runs exactly as expected.
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Can someone please fashion a working command line that will illuminate me on the proper syntax?

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Thanks in advance for your help!

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I ended up trying to use ANY arguments, but none worked... This evening I d/l'd the source code for ionic.zip.dll and zipit.exe. I recompiled everything, but I ended up with the same results...

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Any help would be appreciated - my ability to use this executable in a batch file is critical.

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OK - Still working on this...

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I can get the parameters to work if I add them to the Command Line arguments in Visual Studio while using the ZipIt source code. I can use the following arguments and all works as designed:

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E:\\XXX-PC\\SecurityAudits\\2012-03-10\\2012-10-10_9-42-48.zip -s Log.txt  "Backed up on Wed 10/010/2012 at  9:42:51.04" -D C:\\VS\\ArchivedLogs -r+ -E ctime>2012-10-02-07:53:00

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I need to be able to pass in timestamp values to the variables that I'll use to backup and compress only files newer than the last backup. For now, I'm just trying to pass in the current timestamp.

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Here is what I'm trying to do:

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@echo off\r\n@setlocal\r\necho The date is %DATE%\r\nset tagdate=%DATE:~-4%-%DATE:~7,2%-%DATE:~4,2%\r\necho %tagdate%\r\nset backupfolder=C:\\DATA\r\nset destinationfolder=E:\\%computername%\\ProgData\\%tagdate%\r\nmkdir %destinationfolder%\r\necho backing up this folder:  %backupfolder%\r\nset zipit=C:\\Test\\Tools\\ZipIt.exe\r\nset unzip=C:\\Test\\Tools\\UnZip.exe\r\nset tagtime=%time:~0,2%:%time:~3,2%:%time:~6,2%\r\necho tagtime=%time:~0,2%:%time:~3,2%:%time:~6,2%\r\necho %tagtime%
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REM Everything works up to here
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REM This strips any inline spaces
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set tagtime=%tagtime: =%
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echo %tagtime%\r\nset filetime=%time:~0,2%-%time:~3,2%-%time:~6,2%\r\necho %filetime%\r\nset filetime=%filetime: =%\r\necho %filetime%\r\nset zipfile=%destinationfolder%\\%tagdate%_%filetime%.zip\r\necho %zipfile%\r\nREM Again - all of the variables are being created correctly and are recalled correctly by ECHO
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set selectors=-r+ -E mtime>%tagdate%-%tagtime%
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echo %selectors%
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"%zipit%" %zipfile% %backupfolder% %selectors%
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REM The selector variable gets passed without the %tagdate% variable, and subsequently errors out
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I have tried every concieveable combination of setting the variables %tagdate% and %tagtime% to match what the documentation calls for
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and what actually works in Visual Studio, but can't seem to get the variables to pass through to the command line for proper execution.
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Can anyone provide some assistance to get this working - I'm rapidly approaching my deadline, and I'm committed to ZipIt to get this done...
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Thanks in advance,
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Eric
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