DOS ain't dead - PKZIP 2.04 Error Message: What did I do wrong?

PKZIP 2.04 Error Message: What did I do wrong? (Users)

posted by glennmcc , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 22.04.2013, 04:45

> > So, unless there's a work-around for the '&',
> > it appears that DOS pkzip will not work in the NTVDM for spanning
> > diskettes.
>
> Quoting
> Microsoft
> Windows XP - Command shell overview: The ampersand (&), pipe (|),
> and parentheses ( ) are special characters that must be preceded by the
> escape character (^) or quotation marks when you pass them as
> arguments.

Ah ha... so, the solution seems to be....

pkzip.exe a:\ws4t1910.zip d:\wp\ws4\*.* -^&rP

or

pkzip.exe "a:\ws4t1910.zip d:\wp\ws4\*.* -&rP"

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