Back in the days of J6 and 11!:0 to interact with MS Windows, I wrote my
own backup system calling 7-zip from J. It would check if any files in 200+
directory trees had been updated since the corresponding .7z backup file
was last updated, and if so then it would update the corresponding .7z
backup file.

The system still works pretty efficiently and has saved me a couple of
times when computers died. However I want if possible to convert all my
remaining legacy J programs to J9. The relevant J6 command is in effect
  11!:0 'winexec "7z.exe a -r correspondingbackup.7z from updatedtreeroot"'

I can't see how to do this in J9; is it possible? Sorry if that's a dumb
question - for various reasons (most recently long covid) I've fallen
behind with J developments.

Many thanks, Ewart
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Ewart Shaw [J.E.H.Shaw]       http://www.ewartshaw.com [Work in Progress]
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