ZIP service can't create file on Linux

[Andrew Gronosky]

I'm trying out the STAF ZIP service for the first time on Linux, and running into a basic error I don't understand.

Let's start with /tmp as the working directory to ensure STAFProc has write permission to the working directory:

ls -l /
(irreleveant stuff omitted)
drwxrwxrwt 11 root root 12288 Mar 15 08:52 tmp

Then try to use STAF to create a ZIP file:

STAF local ZIP ADD ZIPFILE foo.zip FILE server.log
Error submitting request, RC: 4001
Additional info

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STAFZipFile::STAFZipFile: Can't create file [foo.zip].

I'm very puzzled by this. I know the ZIP service is registered

STAF local service list
Response

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Name Library Executable

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CONFIG <Internal> <None>
DELAY <Internal> <None>
DIAG <Internal> <None>
ECHO <Internal> <None>
FS <Internal> <None>
HANDLE <Internal> <None>
HELP <Internal> <None>
LIFECYCLE <Internal> <None>
MISC <Internal> <None>
PING <Internal> <None>
PROCESS <Internal> <None>
QUEUE <Internal> <None>
SEM <Internal> <None>
SERVICE <Internal> <None>
SHUTDOWN <Internal> <None>
TRACE <Internal> <None>
TRUST <Internal> <None>
VAR <Internal> <None>
ZIP STAFZip <None>

and my machine trusts itself with trust level 5. The working directory is world-writeable.

So what could be the problem? There's probably something obvious (to others).

Thanks,

[Sharon Lucas]

Fully qualify the name of the zip file that you want to create and the file that you want to add to it. A STAF service request runs within the STAFProc environment, not within the environment from which you are submitting the request. For example:

# STAF local ZIP ADD ZIPFILE /tmp/foo.zip FILE /tmp/server.log
Response
--------

# STAF local ZIP LIST ZIPFILE /tmp/foo.zip
Response
--------
Length  Method Size    Ratio Date     Time  CRC-32   Name
------- ------ ------- ----- -------- ----- -------- --------------
   2321 Defl:X     868  37%  03-15-16 08:25 d93eedcb tmp/server.log

#

Or you may want to specify the RELATIVETO option. For example:

# STAF local ZIP ADD ZIPFILE /tmp/foo.zip FILE /tmp/server.log RELATIVETO /tmp
Response
--------

# STAF local ZIP LIST ZIPFILE /tmp/foo.zip
Response
--------
Length  Method Size    Ratio Date     Time  CRC-32   Name
------- ------ ------- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----------
   2321 Defl:X     868  37%  03-15-16 08:25 d93eedcb server.log

#

See section "8.22.4 ADD (aka ZIP)" in the STAF User's Guide at http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/STAFUG.htm#HDRZIPSRV which describes the ZIP service's ADD request's options as follows and provides examples:

• ZIPFILE contains the fully qualified name of a Zip archive file. If the Zip archive file does not exist, it will be created, but the directory path specified for it must already exist.
• FILE contains the fully qualified file name you want to add into the ZIP archive.
• RELATIVETO contains the prefix to be excluded from the fully qualified file name or directory name that is to be added into the ZIP archive.

[Andrew Gronosky]

Thank you for the prompt and complete reply! This worked, of course. RTFM always helps; I did try that but the significance of the phrase "fully qualified name of a Zip file" slipped past me the first time. :-)