Gzip With AutoIt

[ScriptFu 0]

I am trying to pass the -c parameter to a gzip command, but cannot get autoIt to make it work.

Here is the line i am currently using,

Run('"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\gzip.exe" "C:\Users\fp\Downloads\' & $sLatestFile & '"')

This works fine, but it deletes the file after it is zipped. I need it to not delete the file, so i need to use the -c switch. Anyone have any luck getting this to work?

Thanks.

[Bowmore 93]

This little script should get you started. It runs gzip with the output redirected to StandardOut and captures the content of StandarOut into a variable and the writes the content of the variable to a new file.

#include <Constants.au3>
Global $sCompressedData = ""
Global $iPID = -1
Global $sLatestFile = "Name of file to compress"

;Run gzip with output to Standard Out
$iPID = Run('"C:Program Files (x86)GnuWin32bingzip.exe" -c "C:UsersfpDownloads' & $sLatestFile & '"',@WorkingDir,@SW_HIDE,$STDOUT_CHILD)

; Read the compressed data from StandardOut
$sCompressedData = StdoutRead($iPID)
While Not @error
    $sCompressedData &= StdoutRead($iPID)
WEnd
; Now write the compressed data to a new file
FileWrite("C:UsersfpDownloads" & $sLatestFile & ".gz",$sCompressedData)

[ScriptFu 0]

This little script should get you started. It runs gzip with the output redirected to StandardOut and captures the content of StandarOut into a variable and the writes the content of the variable to a new file.

#include <Constants.au3>
Global $sCompressedData = ""
Global $iPID = -1
Global $sLatestFile = "Name of file to compress"

;Run gzip with output to Standard Out
$iPID = Run('"C:Program Files (x86)GnuWin32bingzip.exe" -c "C:UsersfpDownloads' & $sLatestFile & '"',@WorkingDir,@SW_HIDE,$STDOUT_CHILD)

; Read the compressed data from StandardOut
$sCompressedData = StdoutRead($iPID)
While Not @error
$sCompressedData &= StdoutRead($iPID)
WEnd
; Now write the compressed data to a new file
FileWrite("C:UsersfpDownloads" & $sLatestFile & ".gz",$sCompressedData)

Did this work for you?

I tried and it did run, but it did not compress the file.

[SmOke_N 203]

Have you looked at:

[ScriptFu 0]

Have you looked at:

I have, but that still does not use the -c switch.

[SmOke_N 203]

No idea what -c switch is, not going to hunt it down either.

So.. Bowmore's looks correct unless the working directory is incorrect.

If the second file command line is actually what you're trying to write to, and if the gzip.exe already does that, no need for stdout, so you could do:

Run('"C:Program Files (x86)GnuWin32bingzip.exe" -c "C:UsersfpDownloads' & $sLatestFile & '"', @WorkingDir)

If that doesn't work, you could try:

Run('"C:Program Files (x86)GnuWin32bingzip.exe" -c "C:UsersfpDownloads' & $sLatestFile & '"', '"C:Program Files (x86)GnuWin32bin"')

Edited November 7, 2012 by SmOke_N