David,

You will also have to use double quotes around the filenames since they appear to contain embedded spaces. Such as

x wzzip -a "c:\temp\b b\abcd" "c:\temp\a a";

if you insist on quoting the command (not necessary but allowed) you need more quotes (two consecutive quotation marks (single or double) collapses to a single quotation mark of the same type, when within a quoted string that starts with the same type of quotation mark)

x "wzzip -a ""c:\temp\b b\abcd"" ""c:\temp\a a""";

-- Richard DeVenezia - SAS Macros and AF Tools http://www.devenezia.com

"David Simmons" <DavidSi@KINKOS.COM> wrote in message news:sb0ced35.019@kinkos.com... > I'm trying to use winzip to zip some excel files from SAS using the X statement as discussed below. > > One thing you can try is to have SAS shell out to DOS using an X > statement. You can then use command lines statement supported by > WINZIP 7 to create the zip file. For example, the SAS statement > > X "WZZIP -a c:\test\myzip c:\test\myfile.xls"; > > will zip up the Excel file into a file named myzip.zip. A couple of > key issues. To use Winzip commands, the WinZip Command Line Support > Add-on (which the last time I checked was Beta software) must be > installed onto WinZip 7.0. I don't think version WinZip 6 supports > command lines. Both can be downloaded from the WinZip website. Also, > for the command to work as shown above, the winzip folder location > must be in your path statement (i.e. in your autoexec.bat file). All > this info is well documented in the Command Line Support > documentation. > > Mike Mumma > Westat > > When I issue the command below, a black dos box blinks on the screen > and that is all. I have added d:\program files\winzip to my autoexec file. any ideas would be appreciated. > > X "winzip32 -a e:\loss prevention\April2001\ops10b e:\loss prevention\April2001\ops10b.xls"; > > > David H. Simmons