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<a href="https://www.7-zip.org/" rel="ugc">7-Zip</a> is free and has command line options, including password
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7-Zip [https://www.7-zip.org/] is free and has command line options, including password

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I would suggest to create the Zip on the computer and copy only the Zip to server.
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I would suggest to create the Zip on the computer and copy only the Zip to server.

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Copying single files over network needs extra step to check whether one single file failed to be copied.<br>Also the one big block is better and faster copied then multiple small files.<br><br>
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Copying single files over network needs extra step to check whether one single file failed to be copied.
Also the one big block is better and faster copied then multiple small files.



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<a href="https://www.7-zip.org/" rel="ugc"><b>7-Zip</b></a> is definitely the best free tool for this. &nbsp;There are lots of examples here on Experts Exchange showing how to use it in scripting situations, mostly BAT, but some VBS and PS1 too.<br />
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As mentioned compressing on the client will reduce the size of the data that you have to send to the server and perhaps speed up the process. &nbsp;Although naturally creating the ZIP file take some time too on the client to do the compression.<br />
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Is this just for backup purposes, or will you be unzipping it as soon as it gets oto the server?<br />
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7-Zip [https://www.7-zip.org/] is definitely the best free tool for this.  There are lots of examples here on Experts Exchange showing how to use it in scripting situations, mostly BAT, but some VBS and PS1 too.

As mentioned compressing on the client will reduce the size of the data that you have to send to the server and perhaps speed up the process.  Although naturally creating the ZIP file take some time too on the client to do the compression.

Is this just for backup purposes, or will you be unzipping it as soon as it gets oto the server?



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Compress-Archive is the built-in PowerShell cmdlet for this need. PS v3 and above, no third-party install required.
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Compress-Archive is the built-in PowerShell cmdlet for this need. PS v3 and above, no third-party install required.

Tek Info

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Echo echo echo...<br><br>I recommend 7ZIP instead - it's free and open source. &nbsp;Examples can be found here: <a href="https://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples" rel="ugc">https://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples</a>
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Echo echo echo...

I recommend 7ZIP instead - it's free and open source.  Examples can be found here: https://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples [https://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples]

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Need more details:<br />

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<li>Detailed info about files to be zipped, all in one folders or several? subfolders? selected extensions or all?</li>
<li>What zip utility do you want to use?</li>
<li>Where will file be placed?</li>
<li>Will password be in the BAT file, hard coded?</li>
<li>Should the zip, or files be deleted afterwards?</li>
<li>. . . </li>
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Need more details:

 * Detailed info about files to be zipped, all in one folders or several? subfolders? selected extensions or all?
 * What zip utility do you want to use?
 * Where will file be placed?
 * Will password be in the BAT file, hard coded?
 * Should the zip, or files be deleted afterwards?
 * . . .


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I would like to use a script to effectively copy data from one computer to a server, create a zip file, and password protected. <br />
What would you suggest?
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I would like to use a script to effectively copy data from one computer to a server, create a zip file, and password protected. 
What would you suggest?

Zip command line program

Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to the Component Object Model (COM) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems as well as WS-Management and Common Information Model (CIM) enabling management of remote Linux systems and network devices.

Powershell

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.

Windows Batch

zipped files

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