How to pass the password in "zip" terminal command?

General
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Hi,
With “zip” terminal command, is it possible to pass the password in the settings of a Shell.Execute() with ECHO command ?

Shell1.Execute("/usr/bin/zip -e ""echo """ + TextField.Text+ " " + destination + " " + source

I have an error 16 : wrong parameter in the command line and the message “stderr is not a tty”
Thanks

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Using -P password instead of -e

But there’s a catch, here is a warning the man pages says about typed data in one tty:

THIS IS INSECURE! Many multi-user operating systems provide ways for any
user to see the current command line of any other user; even on stand-alone systems
there is always the threat of over-the-shoulder peeking.

3

Thanks @Rick_Araujo for infos. Yes, rather “zip -P”, you are right, but the question remains whole.

4

So the new answer, using -e, is no.

Maybe you should try the shell interactive mode.

5

it"s works fine now with -P option but but it seems to me that neither the Finder nor BetterZip app recognize the password ! is this normal?

6

I used

zip test.zip myfile.txt -P hello

and unzipped it in the Finder (that calls the Mac Archive Utility) without problems

Maybe you are using special chars that must be put in quotes as -P “hell@$wow”

7

Thanks @Rick_Araujo , it seems to work with the -P parameter at the end!

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9

The archive is created but the password is never recognized.
Anyone have an explanation or suggestion?

cmd = "/usr/bin/zip" + " "+ destination + " " + source + " " +  "-P " + "echo"  + TextField_Paswd_zip.Text
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It works without “echo” command !