Scripting a zip operation

[dcm99]

Can anyone point me in the right direction to do the following

 

I have a series of users folders that I need to zip to individual zip files. ie:

 

Input folders

A

B

C

 

Output:

A.zip

B.zip

C.zip

 

All the input folders will have subdirectories and files. There will be several hundred folders so I must automate it.

 

I don't expect anyone to write a solution, but any pointers will be appreciated!

 

Many thanks,

David

[Steve21]

If you install 7zip commandline version it will work command line easy enough.

 

Examples: 7-Zip Command-Line Examples

 

Steve

[CyberNerd]

A script isn't needed for something this simple - you can do it all on the command line in a single line

 

find . -type d -maxdepth 1 -exec zip -r {} /path/you/want/the/files/to/go/in  \;

[mattx]

7 Zip is the way to go - have fun.......

I've quite a few scripts using the command line on that - it hurts [ especially as some of mine have folders to exclude ] but once done it's rather good.

Note - if you are going to automate or have something running as a schedule then I suggest piping it all to a file so you have a log.

Example:

 

"c:\program files\7-zip\"7z.exe a d:\matt\LON.7z d:\Matt\files -mx9 -ssw -xr!pdf_out -xr!csv_out -xr!man_rpts -xr!cust_rpt -y>d:\matt\log.txt"

 

Will zip everything in the files folder but will exclude the folder names after the -xr! switch. It pipes it all to a text file for me to go over.

Edited January 9, 2013 by mattx

[Arthur]

These batch files may help. The second one includes the parent folder in the zip file, while the first doesn't.

 

@echo off
:: Location of 7za.exe
SET EXE="C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\7za.exe"

for /D %%a in (*) do (
   cd "%%a"
   %EXE% a -t7z -m0=lzma2 -r -y -xr!*.tmp -xr!.ds_store -xr!thumbs.db -xr!~$*.* -xr!desktop.ini "..\%%a.7z" *
   cd ..
)

 

@echo off
:: Location of 7za.exe
SET EXE="C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\7za.exe"

for /D %%a in (*) do (
   cd "%%a"
   %EXE% a -t7z -m0=lzma2 -r -y -xr!*.tmp -xr!.ds_store -xr!thumbs.db -xr!~$*.* -xr!desktop.ini "..\%%a.7z" "..\%%a\"
   cd ..
)

[CyberNerd]

These batch files may help. The second one includes the parent folder in the zip file, while the first doesn't.

 

Ouch. I prefer my one liner !