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Old 07-29-2007   #1 (permalink)
yawnmoth


 
 

command line file compression

As far as I know, there is not a way to compress a directory into a
single file via the command line in Windows XP. Is there a way to do
this in Windows Vista?


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Old 07-29-2007   #2 (permalink)
Synapse Syndrome


 
 

Re: command line file compression

"yawnmoth" <terra1024@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> As far as I know, there is not a way to compress a directory into a
> single file via the command line in Windows XP. Is there a way to do
> this in Windows Vista?
>




There are addons for WinZip and WinRAR for command line.

WinZip addon:
http://www.winzip.com/prodpagecl.htm

WinRAR addon:
http://home.arcor.de/lightsky/win2rar/

ss.

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Old 07-29-2007   #3 (permalink)
Synapse Syndrome


 
 

Re: command line file compression

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> "yawnmoth" <terra1024@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1185754074.929921.72870@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>> As far as I know, there is not a way to compress a directory into a
>> single file via the command line in Windows XP. Is there a way to do
>> this in Windows Vista?
>>

>
>
>
> There are addons for WinZip and WinRAR for command line.
>
> WinZip addon:
> http://www.winzip.com/prodpagecl.htm
>
> WinRAR addon:
> http://home.arcor.de/lightsky/win2rar/
>



Oh there is a Z-Zip one as well, and that is freeware.
http://www.7-zip.org/

ss.

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Old 07-30-2007   #4 (permalink)
Jon


 
 

Re: command line file compression

"yawnmoth" <terra1024@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1185754074.929921.72870@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> As far as I know, there is not a way to compress a directory into a
> single file via the command line in Windows XP. Is there a way to do
> this in Windows Vista?
>



Also have a look at some of the unix ports

eg

GNU utilities for Win32
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

eg zip, gzip etc


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Jon



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