Hi, At Sat, 14 Feb 2004 03:15:14 +0900, Moran, Craig M (BAH) wrote in [ruby-talk:92804]: > #/usr/bin/env ruby > require 'ftools' > > Dir.chdir("C:/Logfiles") > files = Dir["*.log"] > files.each {|file| system("\"/Program Files/WinZip/WZZIP.EXE\" -m > \"C:\\Logfiles\\Archived.zip\" " +"\"" + file + "\"")} You don't need ftools.rb here. BTW, why isn't it enough with a batch file, or a shortcut? @echo off cd c:\LogFiles "/Program Files/WinZip/WZZIP.EXE" -m C:\Logfiles\Archived.zip *.log -- Nobu Nakada