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To zip pdf files using batch script

Hi All,

Greetings...

According to my work, I need to zip files present in a folder using batch script without using any 3rd party software.

I tried with below code ,but getting the error.error also attached below.

Any help regarding this would be highly appreciated.

'Get command-line arguments.
Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
Set FS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
InputFolder = FS.GetAbsolutePathName(objArgs(0))
ZipFile = FS.GetAbsolutePathName(objArgs(1))

'Create empty ZIP file.
CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").CreateTextFile(ZipFile, True).Write "PK" & Chr(5) & Chr(6) & String(18, vbNullChar)

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")

Set source = objShell.NameSpace(InputFolder).Items

objShell.NameSpace(ZipFile).CopyHere(source)

'Required!
wScript.Sleep 2000

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This code is present in zip.vbs file. We have to zip the files into Outputfile.zip file.
in command prompt , I have entered below command

C:\Users\abc>Cscript zip.vbs input path output path\OutputFile.zip

While executing this ,I got below error. " Path not found error" for both the input and output file path.

It will be helpful if anyone corrects me the mistake which I made in this script.

HainKurt

try

Cscript zip.vbs "input path"  "output path\OutputFile.zip"

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HainKurt

or use wscript instead of Cscript

Shaun Vermaak

I would honestly just use the 7z command line version, 7za.exe
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

7za a -zip files.zip *.pdf

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Qlemo

Shaun, "without using any 3rd party software".
Hain, how should WScript help with that?

HainKurt

Hain, how should WScript help with that?

maybe you are running with wrong engine... so use WScript in command line + wrap path with quotes

Cscript zip.vbs "input path"  "output path\OutputFile.zip"

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>>>

WScript zip.vbs "input path"  "output path\OutputFile.zip"

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Midhun 123

ASKER

Thank You all for your response.

We have winzip installed in our machine and can use this for zipping .

Is there any other way to zip files using batch script and winzip ??

I tried with below code ..But unfortunately It didn't work as expected.

@echo off
wzzip "OutPutFile Path\Filename""Input folder path"

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But I am not sure should we point it first into WinZip installation path.

Thanks in Advance..

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Qlemo

If the path of wzzip isn't in the PATH environment variable, it cannot be found. Do you get an error that it is not found?

The correct command would be wzzip -a -P -r "OutPutFile Path\Filename" "Input folder path\*" with -a being optional, but you need to run that in the folder those folder and file references start in, unless you use absolute paths. And you might have to put the path of [b}wzzip[/b] in front of it if it isn't found otherwise.

Qlemo

Note: -P stores the complete path, -p the relative path based on "Input folder path" (that is, this folder is not included in the zip file).

Midhun 123

ASKER

It worked perfectly

Shaun Vermaak

Shaun, "without using any 3rd party software".

WinZip is 3rd party and not free. 7za is a free command line version of 7z

Qlemo

I agree using WinZip looks to be out of the scope of this question; it should have been something along "we cannot install additional software, but we've WinZip if that helps".