Any way to script a file backup?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Rob
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Rob said:
Is there anywhere to use the windows scheduler to zip up a file and place it
on my desktop?
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Sure. Place an appropriate zip command into a batch
file, then use the Task Scheduler to invoke this batch
file. A batch file is a text file whose name ends on .bat
(rather than .txt). It goes like this:

@echo off
[Your zip command goes here]
 
You can download the command line version of 7zip freeware (www.7zip.org).
Copy 7z.exe to your system32 folder and create a batch file with the
following command:
 
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