[Zope] Packing data.fs programmatically

[Chris Withers]

Jonathan Cleaver wrote:
> I am using the following module to pack my data.fs programmatically 
> before a backup is made. This was largely taken out of the Zopelabs 
> cookbook - thanks!

zeopack.py in the utilities\ZODBTools folder of your Zope distro is what 
you're after, no need for home-grown hackishness...

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> Now for the wierd bit. I successfully ran the code that went into this 
> module line-by-line in the Python interpreter. The data.fs was 
> beautifully packed. However, when I run this script from the command 
> line (through another script that acts as a hook) the line "app = 
> Zope.app()" fails with the error "No such file or directory".

My guess is that your environment is set up differently when it fails, 
PYTHON_PATH and the like...

cheers,

Chris

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