Command to zip a bunch of files

[kdaube]

Dear experts,

I tried to create a command to ZIP selected file names. Model was http://forum.zabkat.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=7278

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>> "H:\Utilities\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -tzip "$I\$?.zip" "$A\"

• I select some files in the left pane
• hit the button with the command,
• be prompted for the ZIP name
• and get an empty ZIP in the right pane with the proper name

1. What is the final \ in the model good for?
2. $A seems to create a list of files with NL as separator, not with commas as I get it with ALT+C
3. How to get this command working as intended?

I'm newbee with Xplorer, so at first i really browsed through the manual and looked for samples...
Thanks for any help
Klaus Daube

[nikos]

instead of "$A\" use $A without quotes. This selects all the filenames
also you should use a single > instead of >>, what are you trying to do? zip each file separately or all together?

[kdaube]

Nikos,

I want to zip the selected files and folders togetzer into one ZIP file.
With

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> "H:\Utilities\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -tzip "$I\$?.zip" "$A"

I get the same results as before: empty zip file.

[nikos]

to be honest i am not familiar with the command line options of 7zip so you could have a problem with the command line arguments.

[kdaube]

Nikos, I have an AHK script which does similar work:

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zipper   = H:\Utilities\7-Zip\7z.exe                         ; cmd line version
zipFile = Inst-FM11-toolbars-en.zip                          ; expected result
zipParms = a %zipFile% InstallETB\  PrepInstall-etb-en.exe   ; put directory + file into ZIP
RunWait, %zipper% %zipParms%, , Hide                         ; run 7Zip

There is no -tzip here, but this is a saftey measure i put in: make a ZIP archive, not RAR or else. I could leave it out.
What You see here is that just a list of files to be zipped is provided at the end of the parameter list:

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InstallETB\  PrepInstall-etb-en.exe

The first is a directory, the second a file.
mhm, just now I see that there is no comma between them, and if $A privides the comma then there is the problem.
Anyhow, if there is no direct solution to my desire, then this is an option:

• get the list of iles into the clipboard with ALT+C
• Have an AHK script which takes this list and has a prompt for the output ZIP
• Run this AHK script as a command from the ZIP button

[Kilmatead]

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> "H:\Utilities\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -tzip "$I\$?.zip" "$A"

I get the same results as before: empty zip file.

As Nikos said, remove the quotes from around $A

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... "$I\$?.zip" $A

[kdaube]

Thanks Kilmatead,

Had not completely understood - now it works excellent! Even with those darn file names containing blanks.

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