looking for a free command line archiver / zipper utility

[seabro]

looking for a free command line archiver / zipper utility

can anyone recommend one?

with a password and compression feature would be nice!

[KM-Tiger]

*nix or Windows?

tar.gz would be the obvious choice for *nix, and it looks like there is a version for Windows here:-

http://www.gzip.org/

[seabro]

was looking for prog to zip at command prompt on windows 98.

will check out gzip.

thanks

[confused]

Theres pkzip but its not free, I used it years ago. Depending on what you are trying to do, http://www.example-code.com/vb/vbZipMemData.asp might be of use

[webit]

This is the one we use for our Windows off site backups

http://www.7-zip.org/

Fits the bill for both your needs and we've been using it for a few months without any problems.

[seabro]

I ended up going with 7-zip

Have implemented it now at client site. It works a treat.

Thanks to all for input.

[webit]

Glad to help.