Character/Pkzip problems with winXP

[EmeraldOracle]

ok Here is the cituation. I had this .bat file that I used to zip up some file and automotically add the date to the end of the file name:

example:
backup 01-20-2000.zip
backup 01-21-2000.zip
backup 01-22.2000.zip
etc......

It works great under windows98 but when I tried it under XP it gave several errors.

Here is the Bat file info:

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:: gdate.bat (GetDATE)
@ECHO off
SET gdate1=
ECHO SET date=%%3>%temp%.\%%gdate1%%.bat
DIR/A-D/-W/L/-P %temp% | FIND "%%gdate1%%" >%temp%.\%%gdate2%%.bat
SET gdate1=%temp%.\%%gdate1%%
CALL %temp%.\%%gdate2%%.bat
SET gdate1=
DEL %temp%.\%%gdate?%%.bat

pkzip "c:\temp\backup %date%.zip" c:\backup\*.*

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When I try it in XP I get the error : can't create "backup 1/20/2000.zip"

Is this a Pkzip vs. XP error ?

or

a "/" character problem with XP?


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There was another error but when I retried the problem today it never came up and I didn't right it down.
It had to do with the formula:
Example:

%%gdate1.%% is longer then 8 characters so I had change the formula to %%g1%% to make it work.

Another XP problem???

I also had the problem when I wanted to use pkzip to zip into a file called: Verylongfilename.zip it auto-truncated it to Verylong.zip

 

[c0rv1d43]

Oy! It has been so long since I've fiddled with a command line archiver. Just wanted to ask if you have 8.3 filename creation turned off in WinXP. I'm wondering if that could have cause the problems you're seeing.

- Collin