I think if were mee too.I'd bit the bullet and give it a try
I think it's sdmirable more like yourself to become more familiar with the
command-line, and I swear I only thing I can do is a few dir/o/p, and maybe
some expands commands.
Do you realize there are so proficient with the keyboard, that can get
twice am much done with the one-tail rodent.
Cheers,Curt
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HTH,
Curt
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| ok... I'm a noobie when it comes to cmd line... If i want to compress
| all files in the folder c:\solix (there's really only two files here,
| one .txt and the other .ctrl) into the directory same directory as
| file name solix.zip what would my parameter syntax be?
|
| COMPACT [/C | /U] [/S[:dir]] [/A] [/I] [/F] [/Q] [filename [...]]
|
| /C Compresses the specified files. Directories will be
| marked
| so that files added afterward will be compressed.
| /U Uncompresses the specified files. Directories will be
| marked
| so that files added afterward will not be compressed.
| /S Performs the specified operation on files in the given
| directory and all subdirectories. Default "dir" is the
| current directory.
| /A Displays files with the hidden or system attributes.
| These
| files are omitted by default.
| /I Continues performing the specified operation even after
| errors
| have occurred. By default, COMPACT stops when an error is
| encountered.
| /F Forces the compress operation on all specified files, even
| those which are already compressed. Already-compressed
| files
| are skipped by default.
| /Q Reports only the most essential information.
| filename Specifies a pattern, file, or directory.
|
| Used without parameters, COMPACT displays the compression state of
| the current directory and any files it contains. You may use
| multiple
| filenames and wildcards. You must put spaces between multiple
| parameters.
|
|
| On Aug 13, 10:23 am, "Curt Christianson"
| > Hi,
| >
| > I was going to try using "compress" and report the results, but in the
RK
| > notes it states:
| >
| > "
| > a.. Do not use Compress.exe (Compress) to compress files or folders on
the
| > NTFS file system formatted files or folders. To compress or decompress
| > NTFS-formatted files or folders, use the Compact command-line tool or
set
| > the Compressed attribute of the file or folder in Windows Explorer. "
| >
| > My system is NTFS, so I dare not try. It would appear the -Z, or -ZX
| > parameter *should* work though.
| >
| > --
| > HTH,
| > Curt
| >
| > Windows Support Centerwww.aumha.org
| > Practically Nerded,...
http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm
| >
| >
| > | > | I'm trying to compress some files using command line to automate a
| > | process. I have downloaded the 'Windows Resource Kits' to use
| > | compress.exe (the built in windows compression) I can get it to zip a
| > | single file however I can't figure out how to get it to zip a folder
| > | or multiple files... If someone could provide me with the syntax it
| > | would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
| > |
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