I am trying to archive a LOT of files (~18,000) at one time. They are small files, but the total zipped size is about 1 GB.

I am getting a failures creating the archive with both 7 zip and zip. There are no details on what the error is, just an Exit code of 77777 and a invalid zip that cannot be opened. Note that the zip is being created on a file share on a remote server (from the VisualCron server).

According to the documentation, zip should handle many files of large sizes. Is there some problem with zips > 1 GB or with many files?

I have gotten 7 zip errors before where I get a prompt that it's an application error that I should report. In a related question, is that a way that I can update the version of zip or 7 zip that is being used by VisualCron?

Thanks,
- Dick

We tried with 50.000+ files. No problem. We also tried with 2.6Gb file without any problem.

Is your system 32 or 64 bit?

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VisualCron server is 64-bit, Windows 2012 VM.

Zip ran fine when I zipped half as many files.

Hard to say what the problem is then. Where the limit is. Maybe it some kind of memory issue?

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The VM has 8 GB of memory - not a huge amount, but this should be sufficient. VM only runs VisualCron - no databases, etc.

Might be a 64-bit issue with zip and/or 7 zip. Is there any way to update the version of zip or 7 zip that is being used by VisualCron?