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cannot execute WinRAR inside DTS package

Tags: execute, winrar, dts, cannot
sql server 2000
i have a simple DTS package that extracts millions of records from a table to a csv file (simple transform data task). the next step in the DTS is an "execute process" task where i want to run WinRAR to compress that csv file.

win32 process: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
parameters: A E:\OUTPUT\TEST\History_Archive.csv

however it fails with the message:
!  E:\OUTPUT\TEST\History_Archive.csv: The archive is either in unknown format or damaged

there is nothing wrong with the csv file as i can compress it manually using WinRAR from Windows explorer on the server.
i need to get the DTS working as i want to schedule it monthly.

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Comment by Barthax
The -ibck command forces WinRAR to run in the background (should sit in the system tray) which prevents it from taking as much CPU as it can get.
 
 
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