On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:06 PM, <lug...@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 > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com
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