I'm very impressed at the responces, I did try out the examples but I'm unable to get MCA's version to run. It will not pass the while loop to process the :create_zip.
I understand a majority of the code, but this isat the end of my kix experiance.
(Sorta why I needed to post the question )

Would any of you be kind enough to help me diagnose it.

(idles..... - is there any #KIX on IRC anymore?)

Thank you all,

PhoeniX