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I can't find a lot of documentation on File Object for extendscript and am wondering if I am able to zip/unzip a file using the File Object in extendscript.

sbaden
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    [Here is docs for File Object](https://estk.aenhancers.com/3%20-%20File%20System%20Access/file-object.html). Short answer; no the File Object does not provide methods to zip/unzip a file. – RobC Jul 17 '19 at 10:45
  • Thank you - Is there by chance another way to do this without using Node? I'm trying to use node-cmd in React - unsuccessfully. See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56814225/using-node-cmd-in-react-getting-typeerror-exec-is-not-a-function – sbaden Jul 17 '19 at 17:07
  • In what application are you trying to do this? AE for example has `system.callSystem(cmdLineToExecute);` http://docs.aenhancers.com/general/system/#system-callsystem – fabianmoronzirfas Jul 28 '19 at 11:29
  • I'm writing this for PPro – sbaden Jul 29 '19 at 23:41

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On Windows you can make a .BAT file from ExtendScript and run it at once. See my answer here: How to use extendscript to open another application?

Instead of:

c:/Windows/notepad.exe

there should be something like:

unzip c:/temp/my_file.zip

I suppose something similar can be done on MacOS via bash script or AppleScript.

Yuri Khristich
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