I cannot zip a file at the command line with a left paren in the file name. (

Here is the output of the Winzip command:

Attempting to compress "Copy of archive2007(1).pst"

PST Zipfile name: Copy of archive2007(1_.pst
Press any key to continue . . .
WinZip(R) Command Line Support Add-On Version 2.3 (Build 8094)
Copyright (c) WinZip International LLC 1991-2008 - All Rights Reserved


Error: No files were found for this operation - Nothing to do. (C:\Users\USERBEINGBACKEDUP\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Copy of archive2007(1_.pst.zip)
Winzip Errorlevel: 12
.pst.zip was unexpected at this time.
C:\WINDOWS>

and when you get a "was unexpected at this time." error your script dies. grr.

I've use these commands to change the parens to underscores but only the right one gets replaced, using the same command:
set PST_TO_ZIP_ZIPFILENAME=%PST_TO_ZIP:(=_%
set PST_TO_ZIP_ZIPFILENAME=%PST_TO_ZIP:)=_%

I have also tried these to no avail:
set PST_TO_ZIP_ZIPFILENAME=%PST_TO_ZIP:^(=_%
set PST_TO_ZIP_ZIPFILENAME=%PST_TO_ZIP:%(=_%
set PST_TO_ZIP_ZIPFILENAME=%PST_TO_ZIP:%%(=_%

Can anyone suggest a way to get the replacement command to work as I want it to?

Do you have some more info on the command you use, I have no problems at all archiving files wil either a single left "(", a single right ")"  or both parnes in a filename

I am using WinZip 11.2 with the V2.3 commandline addon.

Cheers, Hans

PS. This is how I tested it.

C:\Documents and Settings\User>dir /b *.pst
Copy of archive2007(1).pst
Copy of archive2007(1_.pst
Copy of archive2007_1).pst

C:\Documents and Settings\User>"c:\Program Files\WinZip\wzzip" pst.zip "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Copy of archive2007(1).pst"
WinZip(R) Command Line Support Add-On Version 2.3 (Build 8094)

updating Copy of archive2007(1).pst
updating Zip file pst.zip

C:\Documents and Settings\User>"c:\Program Files\WinZip\wzzip" pst.zip "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Copy of archive2007(1_.pst"
WinZip(R) Command Line Support Add-On Version 2.3 (Build 8094)

updating Copy of archive2007(1_.pst
updating Zip file pst.zip

C:\Documents and Settings\User>"c:\Program Files\WinZip\wzzip" pst.zip "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Copy of archive2007_1).pst"
WinZip(R) Command Line Support Add-On Version 2.3 (Build 8094)

updating Copy of archive2007_1).pst
updating Zip file pst.zip

C:\Documents and Settings\User>

Also tried this without the full path spec, and also no problem there

Hi thelotus2006,

( and ) are special characters in Cmd.exe, so you must escape them with the ^ symbol; e.g.

zip -9X mydocs^(1^).zip c:\data\*.doc

...or something similar.

Bill