I am using AREV on a single machine and everyday I copy (using COPYTABLE command) certain transaction files via floppy to another machine for backup reasons.

This has been working OK until yesterday when one file is greater than 1.4 mb and I cannot transfer the file to the other machine.

How can I transfer file(s) more than size of floppy disk? Both machine is on a NT network.

How can I use Winzip to compress/decompress the specified file?

appreciate your help.

regards

Master Tu'iono

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If you are running under Windows 9x it is very easy to run WinZip or any other GUI based zip utilites. If you only have PKZIP/PKUNZIP then use the following syntaxes:

PKZIP ZipFileName path\filename

PKUNZIP ZipFileName

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SRP Computer Solutions, Inc.

May be I didn't express my self clearly.

I copy the file from AREV using the COPYTABLE command and referring the the AREV FILENAME. However if use Winzip, I cannot refer to this FILENAME since only AREV knows that FILENAME.

This is the reason why I am not using Winzip for this task.

Thank you in advance.

Okay. Well it might be easier to still use the COPY_TABLE command from within AREV but send it to the local drive where there is enough room. Then use WinZip (or similar) to zip up those files onto the floppy.

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SRP Computer Solutions, Inc.

Master,

If both machines are on the same NT network, it would be possible (and reasonable) to make the copy using the peer-to-peer feature of the networked machines. Map the appropriate drive on the backup machine to a drive letter on the production machine. Do the CopyTable command to the drive letter you just mapped, making sure the file is copied into the correct directory.

Regards,

Eric Drews

Drews Enterprises

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908 665 2513

www.drews-ent.com

You can also issue the following command from within an RBASIC program:

SUSPEND "PKZIP etc .."

i.e., type in any acceptable DOS command and it will be executed. Hoping that this solves your problem.

Reading some of the posts, there is a strategy we have used in the past:

In an R/Basic program, open the primary data file and look at the file handle to get the REVnnnnn.LK rev-file-name. Then you can shell out to PKZIP and zip these files into new filenames that are human-readable. For example REV99999.LK REV99999.OV become SALEBAK.LK SALEBAK.OV. You can't use copytable or some such if the file won't fit on the target media (a 1.44 mb diskette). If you are using the recent version of PKZIP, you should be able to span multiple diskettes for this, if necessary.

Don Miller

C3 Inc.

Yes, and thank you. I will try it.

A big thanks to all had responded. You had provided me with useful hints and tip in how to handle my 'problem'.

Regards

Master tu'iono

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