I have a batch file that outputs a text file. I thought it would be nice if I could zip it up too.
This will be used in an uncontrolled environment, so I can't make assumptions about the presence of third-party software products such as 7-Zip, etc. This needs to use Windows' now-built-in capability to zip files.
Answer
Here is an all batch file solution (a variation of my other answer) that will zip a file named c:\ue_english.txt
and put it in C:\someArchive.zip
:
set FILETOZIP=c:\ue_english.txt
set TEMPDIR=C:\temp738
rmdir %TEMPDIR%
mkdir %TEMPDIR%
xcopy /s %FILETOZIP% %TEMPDIR%
echo Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments > _zipIt.vbs
echo InputFolder = objArgs(0) >> _zipIt.vbs
echo ZipFile = objArgs(1) >> _zipIt.vbs
echo CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").CreateTextFile(ZipFile, True).Write "PK" ^& Chr(5) ^& Chr(6) ^& String(18, vbNullChar) >> _zipIt.vbs
echo Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") >> _zipIt.vbs
echo Set source = objShell.NameSpace(InputFolder).Items >> _zipIt.vbs
echo objShell.NameSpace(ZipFile).CopyHere(source) >> _zipIt.vbs
echo wScript.Sleep 2000 >> _zipIt.vbs
CScript _zipIt.vbs %TEMPDIR% C:\someArchive.zip
pause
Write access is required to the parent of the folder stored in TEMPDIR
. As this is often not the case for the root of drive C TEMPDIR
may have to be changed.
Write access is also required for the folder the .bat
script is in (as it generates a file there).
Also, please note that the file extension for the compressed file must be .zip
. Attempts to use another extension may result in a script error. Instead, generate the .zip
file and rename it.
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