Zip all files of the same day

I want to Zip each day the files that were created on that same day (into one zipped folder) and erase the not zipped files of that day.
I have this batch for zipping files that were created with the same name:

@echo off

for %%A in ("E:LogsSmartLogger*") do (if /I not "%%~xA" == ".zip" 7za.exe a -tzip -mx5 -y -- "%%~dpnA.zip" "%%~A" >nul && del /Q /F "%%~A")

How can I change it to ignore the name but respect the date?
For example, If I have files created on one day that are:

doc1.dat

doc2.dat

doc3.dat

Each day I'm creating those files and I want to zip them per day.
I'm using 7zip btw

edited Mar 5 '17 at 9:07

Satya

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asked Mar 5 '17 at 9:06

Sophie Kobzantsev

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can you explain what you mean by "ignore the name but respect the date" ?

– Nitesh Singh
Mar 5 '17 at 9:13

Means that it doesn't matter which files were created that day, I just want to zip them all to one zipped folders and erase those that were created that day after zipping.

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 9:55

What files do you want to remove? It is not clear as question asks for non zipped files, but sample code removes zipped files.

– MC ND
Mar 5 '17 at 10:45

Is it also possible to use WinRAR? I'm asking that because of using WinRAR (shareware) nothing else than WinRAR is needed for this task, no FOR, no time comparisons in command line, etc. just WinRAR.exe.

– Mofi
Mar 5 '17 at 10:50

Yeah winrar is good as well but I need a batch to run it automatically through a task scheduler everyday

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 11:16

add a comment |

@echo off

for %%A in ("E:LogsSmartLogger*") do (if /I not "%%~xA" == ".zip" 7za.exe a -tzip -mx5 -y -- "%%~dpnA.zip" "%%~A" >nul && del /Q /F "%%~A")

How can I change it to ignore the name but respect the date?
For example, If I have files created on one day that are:

doc1.dat

doc2.dat

doc3.dat

Each day I'm creating those files and I want to zip them per day.
I'm using 7zip btw

edited Mar 5 '17 at 9:07

Satya

7,28442343

asked Mar 5 '17 at 9:06

Sophie Kobzantsev

2814

can you explain what you mean by "ignore the name but respect the date" ?

– Nitesh Singh
Mar 5 '17 at 9:13

Means that it doesn't matter which files were created that day, I just want to zip them all to one zipped folders and erase those that were created that day after zipping.

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 9:55

What files do you want to remove? It is not clear as question asks for non zipped files, but sample code removes zipped files.

– MC ND
Mar 5 '17 at 10:45

Is it also possible to use WinRAR? I'm asking that because of using WinRAR (shareware) nothing else than WinRAR is needed for this task, no FOR, no time comparisons in command line, etc. just WinRAR.exe.

– Mofi
Mar 5 '17 at 10:50

Yeah winrar is good as well but I need a batch to run it automatically through a task scheduler everyday

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 11:16

add a comment |

@echo off

for %%A in ("E:LogsSmartLogger*") do (if /I not "%%~xA" == ".zip" 7za.exe a -tzip -mx5 -y -- "%%~dpnA.zip" "%%~A" >nul && del /Q /F "%%~A")

How can I change it to ignore the name but respect the date?
For example, If I have files created on one day that are:

doc1.dat

doc2.dat

doc3.dat

Each day I'm creating those files and I want to zip them per day.
I'm using 7zip btw

edited Mar 5 '17 at 9:07

Satya

7,28442343

asked Mar 5 '17 at 9:06

Sophie Kobzantsev

2814

@echo off

for %%A in ("E:LogsSmartLogger*") do (if /I not "%%~xA" == ".zip" 7za.exe a -tzip -mx5 -y -- "%%~dpnA.zip" "%%~A" >nul && del /Q /F "%%~A")

How can I change it to ignore the name but respect the date?
For example, If I have files created on one day that are:

doc1.dat

doc2.dat

doc3.dat

Each day I'm creating those files and I want to zip them per day.
I'm using 7zip btw

batch-file zip 7zip

edited Mar 5 '17 at 9:07

Satya

7,28442343

asked Mar 5 '17 at 9:06

Sophie Kobzantsev

2814

edited Mar 5 '17 at 9:07

Satya

7,28442343

asked Mar 5 '17 at 9:06

Sophie Kobzantsev

2814

edited Mar 5 '17 at 9:07

Satya

7,28442343

edited Mar 5 '17 at 9:07

Satya

7,28442343

edited Mar 5 '17 at 9:07

Satya

7,28442343

asked Mar 5 '17 at 9:06

Sophie Kobzantsev

2814

asked Mar 5 '17 at 9:06

Sophie Kobzantsev

2814

asked Mar 5 '17 at 9:06

Sophie Kobzantsev

2814

can you explain what you mean by "ignore the name but respect the date" ?

– Nitesh Singh
Mar 5 '17 at 9:13

Means that it doesn't matter which files were created that day, I just want to zip them all to one zipped folders and erase those that were created that day after zipping.

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 9:55

What files do you want to remove? It is not clear as question asks for non zipped files, but sample code removes zipped files.

– MC ND
Mar 5 '17 at 10:45

Is it also possible to use WinRAR? I'm asking that because of using WinRAR (shareware) nothing else than WinRAR is needed for this task, no FOR, no time comparisons in command line, etc. just WinRAR.exe.

– Mofi
Mar 5 '17 at 10:50

Yeah winrar is good as well but I need a batch to run it automatically through a task scheduler everyday

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 11:16

add a comment |

can you explain what you mean by "ignore the name but respect the date" ?

– Nitesh Singh
Mar 5 '17 at 9:13

Means that it doesn't matter which files were created that day, I just want to zip them all to one zipped folders and erase those that were created that day after zipping.

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 9:55

What files do you want to remove? It is not clear as question asks for non zipped files, but sample code removes zipped files.

– MC ND
Mar 5 '17 at 10:45

Is it also possible to use WinRAR? I'm asking that because of using WinRAR (shareware) nothing else than WinRAR is needed for this task, no FOR, no time comparisons in command line, etc. just WinRAR.exe.

– Mofi
Mar 5 '17 at 10:50

Yeah winrar is good as well but I need a batch to run it automatically through a task scheduler everyday

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 11:16

can you explain what you mean by "ignore the name but respect the date" ?

– Nitesh Singh
Mar 5 '17 at 9:13

Means that it doesn't matter which files were created that day, I just want to zip them all to one zipped folders and erase those that were created that day after zipping.

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 9:55

What files do you want to remove? It is not clear as question asks for non zipped files, but sample code removes zipped files.

– MC ND
Mar 5 '17 at 10:45

Is it also possible to use WinRAR? I'm asking that because of using WinRAR (shareware) nothing else than WinRAR is needed for this task, no FOR, no time comparisons in command line, etc. just WinRAR.exe.

– Mofi
Mar 5 '17 at 10:50

Yeah winrar is good as well but I need a batch to run it automatically through a task scheduler everyday

– Sophie Kobzantsev
Mar 5 '17 at 11:16

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My first suggestion is using WinRAR.

This command line can be used as scheduled task command line directly as also in a batch file.

"%ProgramFiles%WinRARWinRAR.exe" m -afzip -agYYY-MM-DD -cfg- -ep1 -ibck -inul -m5 -tn1d -x*.zip -y -- "E:LogsSmartLoggerLogs_.zip" "E:LogsSmartLogger*"

The help of WinRAR opened by clicking in GUI main window of WinRAR in menu Help on menu item Help topics contains on tab Contents the list item Command line mode with the help pages:

Command line syntax

Commands
- Alphabetic commands list

Switches
- Alphabetic switches list

A command line as above can be easily written on using those 3 help pages and reading the help pages of the switches which seem to be interesting for the current compression/extraction task.

See the Alphabetic switches list to understand the used switches and how this single line makes the entire job.

My second suggestion is using 7-Zip which really requires a batch file as 7-Zip (of version 16.04) does not have switches for file date depending (backup/compression) operations.

Here is my solution using 7-Zip compressing each file with last modification date being todays date into a *.zip file with Logs_YYYY-MM-DD.zip as file name.

@echo off

setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion



set "ListFile=%TEMP%ListFile.tmp"

del "%ListFile%" 2>nul



rem Get todays date in region and language dependent format required for

rem last modification date evaluation of all files in source directory.



echo Get todays file date.>"%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

for %%I in ("%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp") do set "Today=%%~tI"

set "Today=%Today:~0,-6%"

del "%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

echo Today is: "%Today%"



rem Set current directory being the directory with the files to process.

cd /D "E:LogsSmartLogger"



rem Search with DIR for files with todays date as last modification date

rem output by DIR sorted by last modification date with newest file first.

rem The found files with todays date are written into a list file. The

rem loop is exited if the first file is processed not having todays date.



for /F "delims=" %%I in ('dir /A-D /B /O-D /TW * 2^>nul') do (

    set "FileDate=%%~tI"

    set "FileDate=!FileDate:~0,-6!"

    if not "!FileDate!" == "%Today%" goto CompressFiles

    if /I not "%%~xI" == ".zip" echo %%I>>"%ListFile%"

)



:CompressFiles

if not exist "%ListFile%" goto EndBatch



rem Get todays date in a Windows region and language settings

rem independent format for usage in the ZIP file name.



for /F "skip=1 delims=." %%I in ('%SystemRoot%System32wbemwmic.exe OS GET LocalDateTime') do set "CurrentDate=%%I" & goto ReformatDate

:ReformatDate

set "ZipFileName=Logs_%CurrentDate:~0,4%-%CurrentDate:~4,2%-%CurrentDate:~6,2%.zip"



"%ProgramFiles(x86)7-Zip7z.exe" a -tzip -mx5 -scsDOS -sdel -y -- %ZipFileName% "@%ListFile%" >nul



del "%ListFile%"



rem Restore the environment (environment variables, current directory,

rem state of command extensions and delayed expansion) before calling

rem the command SETLOCAL at top of this batch file.



:EndBatch

endlocal

This batch file expects that the folder does not contain any file with a last modification date in future in comparison to todays date. This limitation is caused by the optimized evaluation of the file dates of all files found in the directory with the log files. This limitation does not exist on removing the line with goto CompressFiles in the FOR loop.

Also 7-Zip has a help file which is 7zip.chm in program files folder of 7-Zip which after opening with a double click contains on tab Contents under list item Command Line Version the help pages

Syntax

Commands opening Command Line Commands

Switches opening Command Line Switches

Please first check if the line echo Today is: "%Today%" really outputs on the machine running this batch file under the user account defined for the scheduled task just the file date (without or with weekday) not including a space character and file time.

The Windows region and language settings of used user account determine the date/time format of %%~tI. The SET command lines below the two command lines with %%~tI must be perhaps adapted to get just todays date without time.

It would be possible to use WMIC also for getting the last modification date of each file as described in answer on Find out if file is older than 4 hours in batch file, but that is really slow and would require even more code.

For understanding the used Windows commands and how they work, open a command prompt window, execute there the following commands, and read entirely all help pages displayed for each command very carefully.

cd /?

del /?

dir /?

echo /?

endlocal /?

for /?

goto /?

if /?

rem /?

set /?

setlocal /?

Read also the Microsoft article about Using Command Redirection Operators for an explanation of >nul and 2>nul.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Mar 5 '17 at 14:06

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@echo off

    setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion



    rem Try to change to target folder. Leave on error

    pushd "E:LogsSmartLogger" || goto :eof



    rem Retrieve the today date to use as zip file name

    set "today=" & for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('

        robocopy "|" . /njh

    ') do if not defined today set "today=%%a-%%b-%%c"



    rem We need a temporary file to store the list of files to process

    set "listFile=%temp%%~nx0.%random%%random%%random%%random%.tmp"



    rem Retrieve the list of files generated today and save to temp file

    >"%listFile%" forfiles /D 0 /M *.dat



    rem On sucess (files found) compress the list of selected files

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        7za -tzip -mx5 -y -- "%today%.zip" @"%listfile%"

    )



    rem On sucess remove the zipped files 

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        >nul 2>nul (

            for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%listFile%") do del /q /f "%%~fa"

        )

    )



    rem Remove the temporary file 

    2>nul del /q /f "%listFile%"

answered Mar 5 '17 at 11:32

MC ND

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I tried using MC ND's solution, but it does not work when I use the @ operator, the file with the list was not being found. It works if there is a single file.

The -- parameter right before the destination and source parameters was causing the issue when using the @listfile mode.

Hope that helps anyone that encounters the same issue

edited Jan 8 at 5:07

Bhargav Rao♦

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answered Jan 2 at 19:22

Esteban LB01

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My first suggestion is using WinRAR.

This command line can be used as scheduled task command line directly as also in a batch file.

"%ProgramFiles%WinRARWinRAR.exe" m -afzip -agYYY-MM-DD -cfg- -ep1 -ibck -inul -m5 -tn1d -x*.zip -y -- "E:LogsSmartLoggerLogs_.zip" "E:LogsSmartLogger*"

Command line syntax

Commands
- Alphabetic commands list

Switches
- Alphabetic switches list

A command line as above can be easily written on using those 3 help pages and reading the help pages of the switches which seem to be interesting for the current compression/extraction task.

See the Alphabetic switches list to understand the used switches and how this single line makes the entire job.

My second suggestion is using 7-Zip which really requires a batch file as 7-Zip (of version 16.04) does not have switches for file date depending (backup/compression) operations.

Here is my solution using 7-Zip compressing each file with last modification date being todays date into a *.zip file with Logs_YYYY-MM-DD.zip as file name.

@echo off

setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion



set "ListFile=%TEMP%ListFile.tmp"

del "%ListFile%" 2>nul



rem Get todays date in region and language dependent format required for

rem last modification date evaluation of all files in source directory.



echo Get todays file date.>"%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

for %%I in ("%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp") do set "Today=%%~tI"

set "Today=%Today:~0,-6%"

del "%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

echo Today is: "%Today%"



rem Set current directory being the directory with the files to process.

cd /D "E:LogsSmartLogger"



rem Search with DIR for files with todays date as last modification date

rem output by DIR sorted by last modification date with newest file first.

rem The found files with todays date are written into a list file. The

rem loop is exited if the first file is processed not having todays date.



for /F "delims=" %%I in ('dir /A-D /B /O-D /TW * 2^>nul') do (

    set "FileDate=%%~tI"

    set "FileDate=!FileDate:~0,-6!"

    if not "!FileDate!" == "%Today%" goto CompressFiles

    if /I not "%%~xI" == ".zip" echo %%I>>"%ListFile%"

)



:CompressFiles

if not exist "%ListFile%" goto EndBatch



rem Get todays date in a Windows region and language settings

rem independent format for usage in the ZIP file name.



for /F "skip=1 delims=." %%I in ('%SystemRoot%System32wbemwmic.exe OS GET LocalDateTime') do set "CurrentDate=%%I" & goto ReformatDate

:ReformatDate

set "ZipFileName=Logs_%CurrentDate:~0,4%-%CurrentDate:~4,2%-%CurrentDate:~6,2%.zip"



"%ProgramFiles(x86)7-Zip7z.exe" a -tzip -mx5 -scsDOS -sdel -y -- %ZipFileName% "@%ListFile%" >nul



del "%ListFile%"



rem Restore the environment (environment variables, current directory,

rem state of command extensions and delayed expansion) before calling

rem the command SETLOCAL at top of this batch file.



:EndBatch

endlocal

Syntax

Commands opening Command Line Commands

Switches opening Command Line Switches

cd /?

del /?

dir /?

echo /?

endlocal /?

for /?

goto /?

if /?

rem /?

set /?

setlocal /?

Read also the Microsoft article about Using Command Redirection Operators for an explanation of >nul and 2>nul.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Mar 5 '17 at 14:06

Mofi

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add a comment |

My first suggestion is using WinRAR.

This command line can be used as scheduled task command line directly as also in a batch file.

"%ProgramFiles%WinRARWinRAR.exe" m -afzip -agYYY-MM-DD -cfg- -ep1 -ibck -inul -m5 -tn1d -x*.zip -y -- "E:LogsSmartLoggerLogs_.zip" "E:LogsSmartLogger*"

Command line syntax

Commands
- Alphabetic commands list

Switches
- Alphabetic switches list

A command line as above can be easily written on using those 3 help pages and reading the help pages of the switches which seem to be interesting for the current compression/extraction task.

See the Alphabetic switches list to understand the used switches and how this single line makes the entire job.

My second suggestion is using 7-Zip which really requires a batch file as 7-Zip (of version 16.04) does not have switches for file date depending (backup/compression) operations.

Here is my solution using 7-Zip compressing each file with last modification date being todays date into a *.zip file with Logs_YYYY-MM-DD.zip as file name.

@echo off

setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion



set "ListFile=%TEMP%ListFile.tmp"

del "%ListFile%" 2>nul



rem Get todays date in region and language dependent format required for

rem last modification date evaluation of all files in source directory.



echo Get todays file date.>"%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

for %%I in ("%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp") do set "Today=%%~tI"

set "Today=%Today:~0,-6%"

del "%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

echo Today is: "%Today%"



rem Set current directory being the directory with the files to process.

cd /D "E:LogsSmartLogger"



rem Search with DIR for files with todays date as last modification date

rem output by DIR sorted by last modification date with newest file first.

rem The found files with todays date are written into a list file. The

rem loop is exited if the first file is processed not having todays date.



for /F "delims=" %%I in ('dir /A-D /B /O-D /TW * 2^>nul') do (

    set "FileDate=%%~tI"

    set "FileDate=!FileDate:~0,-6!"

    if not "!FileDate!" == "%Today%" goto CompressFiles

    if /I not "%%~xI" == ".zip" echo %%I>>"%ListFile%"

)



:CompressFiles

if not exist "%ListFile%" goto EndBatch



rem Get todays date in a Windows region and language settings

rem independent format for usage in the ZIP file name.



for /F "skip=1 delims=." %%I in ('%SystemRoot%System32wbemwmic.exe OS GET LocalDateTime') do set "CurrentDate=%%I" & goto ReformatDate

:ReformatDate

set "ZipFileName=Logs_%CurrentDate:~0,4%-%CurrentDate:~4,2%-%CurrentDate:~6,2%.zip"



"%ProgramFiles(x86)7-Zip7z.exe" a -tzip -mx5 -scsDOS -sdel -y -- %ZipFileName% "@%ListFile%" >nul



del "%ListFile%"



rem Restore the environment (environment variables, current directory,

rem state of command extensions and delayed expansion) before calling

rem the command SETLOCAL at top of this batch file.



:EndBatch

endlocal

Syntax

Commands opening Command Line Commands

Switches opening Command Line Switches

cd /?

del /?

dir /?

echo /?

endlocal /?

for /?

goto /?

if /?

rem /?

set /?

setlocal /?

Read also the Microsoft article about Using Command Redirection Operators for an explanation of >nul and 2>nul.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Community♦

answered Mar 5 '17 at 14:06

Mofi

29k83879

add a comment |

My first suggestion is using WinRAR.

This command line can be used as scheduled task command line directly as also in a batch file.

"%ProgramFiles%WinRARWinRAR.exe" m -afzip -agYYY-MM-DD -cfg- -ep1 -ibck -inul -m5 -tn1d -x*.zip -y -- "E:LogsSmartLoggerLogs_.zip" "E:LogsSmartLogger*"

Command line syntax

Commands
- Alphabetic commands list

Switches
- Alphabetic switches list

A command line as above can be easily written on using those 3 help pages and reading the help pages of the switches which seem to be interesting for the current compression/extraction task.

See the Alphabetic switches list to understand the used switches and how this single line makes the entire job.

My second suggestion is using 7-Zip which really requires a batch file as 7-Zip (of version 16.04) does not have switches for file date depending (backup/compression) operations.

Here is my solution using 7-Zip compressing each file with last modification date being todays date into a *.zip file with Logs_YYYY-MM-DD.zip as file name.

@echo off

setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion



set "ListFile=%TEMP%ListFile.tmp"

del "%ListFile%" 2>nul



rem Get todays date in region and language dependent format required for

rem last modification date evaluation of all files in source directory.



echo Get todays file date.>"%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

for %%I in ("%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp") do set "Today=%%~tI"

set "Today=%Today:~0,-6%"

del "%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

echo Today is: "%Today%"



rem Set current directory being the directory with the files to process.

cd /D "E:LogsSmartLogger"



rem Search with DIR for files with todays date as last modification date

rem output by DIR sorted by last modification date with newest file first.

rem The found files with todays date are written into a list file. The

rem loop is exited if the first file is processed not having todays date.



for /F "delims=" %%I in ('dir /A-D /B /O-D /TW * 2^>nul') do (

    set "FileDate=%%~tI"

    set "FileDate=!FileDate:~0,-6!"

    if not "!FileDate!" == "%Today%" goto CompressFiles

    if /I not "%%~xI" == ".zip" echo %%I>>"%ListFile%"

)



:CompressFiles

if not exist "%ListFile%" goto EndBatch



rem Get todays date in a Windows region and language settings

rem independent format for usage in the ZIP file name.



for /F "skip=1 delims=." %%I in ('%SystemRoot%System32wbemwmic.exe OS GET LocalDateTime') do set "CurrentDate=%%I" & goto ReformatDate

:ReformatDate

set "ZipFileName=Logs_%CurrentDate:~0,4%-%CurrentDate:~4,2%-%CurrentDate:~6,2%.zip"



"%ProgramFiles(x86)7-Zip7z.exe" a -tzip -mx5 -scsDOS -sdel -y -- %ZipFileName% "@%ListFile%" >nul



del "%ListFile%"



rem Restore the environment (environment variables, current directory,

rem state of command extensions and delayed expansion) before calling

rem the command SETLOCAL at top of this batch file.



:EndBatch

endlocal

Syntax

Commands opening Command Line Commands

Switches opening Command Line Switches

cd /?

del /?

dir /?

echo /?

endlocal /?

for /?

goto /?

if /?

rem /?

set /?

setlocal /?

Read also the Microsoft article about Using Command Redirection Operators for an explanation of >nul and 2>nul.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Community♦

answered Mar 5 '17 at 14:06

Mofi

29k83879

My first suggestion is using WinRAR.

This command line can be used as scheduled task command line directly as also in a batch file.

"%ProgramFiles%WinRARWinRAR.exe" m -afzip -agYYY-MM-DD -cfg- -ep1 -ibck -inul -m5 -tn1d -x*.zip -y -- "E:LogsSmartLoggerLogs_.zip" "E:LogsSmartLogger*"

Command line syntax

Commands
- Alphabetic commands list

Switches
- Alphabetic switches list

A command line as above can be easily written on using those 3 help pages and reading the help pages of the switches which seem to be interesting for the current compression/extraction task.

See the Alphabetic switches list to understand the used switches and how this single line makes the entire job.

My second suggestion is using 7-Zip which really requires a batch file as 7-Zip (of version 16.04) does not have switches for file date depending (backup/compression) operations.

Here is my solution using 7-Zip compressing each file with last modification date being todays date into a *.zip file with Logs_YYYY-MM-DD.zip as file name.

@echo off

setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion



set "ListFile=%TEMP%ListFile.tmp"

del "%ListFile%" 2>nul



rem Get todays date in region and language dependent format required for

rem last modification date evaluation of all files in source directory.



echo Get todays file date.>"%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

for %%I in ("%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp") do set "Today=%%~tI"

set "Today=%Today:~0,-6%"

del "%TEMP%GetTodaysFileDate.tmp"

echo Today is: "%Today%"



rem Set current directory being the directory with the files to process.

cd /D "E:LogsSmartLogger"



rem Search with DIR for files with todays date as last modification date

rem output by DIR sorted by last modification date with newest file first.

rem The found files with todays date are written into a list file. The

rem loop is exited if the first file is processed not having todays date.



for /F "delims=" %%I in ('dir /A-D /B /O-D /TW * 2^>nul') do (

    set "FileDate=%%~tI"

    set "FileDate=!FileDate:~0,-6!"

    if not "!FileDate!" == "%Today%" goto CompressFiles

    if /I not "%%~xI" == ".zip" echo %%I>>"%ListFile%"

)



:CompressFiles

if not exist "%ListFile%" goto EndBatch



rem Get todays date in a Windows region and language settings

rem independent format for usage in the ZIP file name.



for /F "skip=1 delims=." %%I in ('%SystemRoot%System32wbemwmic.exe OS GET LocalDateTime') do set "CurrentDate=%%I" & goto ReformatDate

:ReformatDate

set "ZipFileName=Logs_%CurrentDate:~0,4%-%CurrentDate:~4,2%-%CurrentDate:~6,2%.zip"



"%ProgramFiles(x86)7-Zip7z.exe" a -tzip -mx5 -scsDOS -sdel -y -- %ZipFileName% "@%ListFile%" >nul



del "%ListFile%"



rem Restore the environment (environment variables, current directory,

rem state of command extensions and delayed expansion) before calling

rem the command SETLOCAL at top of this batch file.



:EndBatch

endlocal

Syntax

Commands opening Command Line Commands

Switches opening Command Line Switches

cd /?

del /?

dir /?

echo /?

endlocal /?

for /?

goto /?

if /?

rem /?

set /?

setlocal /?

Read also the Microsoft article about Using Command Redirection Operators for an explanation of >nul and 2>nul.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Mar 5 '17 at 14:06

Mofi

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Community♦

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Mar 5 '17 at 14:06

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answered Mar 5 '17 at 14:06

Mofi

29k83879

answered Mar 5 '17 at 14:06

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@echo off

    setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion



    rem Try to change to target folder. Leave on error

    pushd "E:LogsSmartLogger" || goto :eof



    rem Retrieve the today date to use as zip file name

    set "today=" & for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('

        robocopy "|" . /njh

    ') do if not defined today set "today=%%a-%%b-%%c"



    rem We need a temporary file to store the list of files to process

    set "listFile=%temp%%~nx0.%random%%random%%random%%random%.tmp"



    rem Retrieve the list of files generated today and save to temp file

    >"%listFile%" forfiles /D 0 /M *.dat



    rem On sucess (files found) compress the list of selected files

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        7za -tzip -mx5 -y -- "%today%.zip" @"%listfile%"

    )



    rem On sucess remove the zipped files 

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        >nul 2>nul (

            for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%listFile%") do del /q /f "%%~fa"

        )

    )



    rem Remove the temporary file 

    2>nul del /q /f "%listFile%"

answered Mar 5 '17 at 11:32

MC ND

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@echo off

    setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion



    rem Try to change to target folder. Leave on error

    pushd "E:LogsSmartLogger" || goto :eof



    rem Retrieve the today date to use as zip file name

    set "today=" & for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('

        robocopy "|" . /njh

    ') do if not defined today set "today=%%a-%%b-%%c"



    rem We need a temporary file to store the list of files to process

    set "listFile=%temp%%~nx0.%random%%random%%random%%random%.tmp"



    rem Retrieve the list of files generated today and save to temp file

    >"%listFile%" forfiles /D 0 /M *.dat



    rem On sucess (files found) compress the list of selected files

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        7za -tzip -mx5 -y -- "%today%.zip" @"%listfile%"

    )



    rem On sucess remove the zipped files 

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        >nul 2>nul (

            for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%listFile%") do del /q /f "%%~fa"

        )

    )



    rem Remove the temporary file 

    2>nul del /q /f "%listFile%"

answered Mar 5 '17 at 11:32

MC ND

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@echo off

    setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion



    rem Try to change to target folder. Leave on error

    pushd "E:LogsSmartLogger" || goto :eof



    rem Retrieve the today date to use as zip file name

    set "today=" & for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('

        robocopy "|" . /njh

    ') do if not defined today set "today=%%a-%%b-%%c"



    rem We need a temporary file to store the list of files to process

    set "listFile=%temp%%~nx0.%random%%random%%random%%random%.tmp"



    rem Retrieve the list of files generated today and save to temp file

    >"%listFile%" forfiles /D 0 /M *.dat



    rem On sucess (files found) compress the list of selected files

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        7za -tzip -mx5 -y -- "%today%.zip" @"%listfile%"

    )



    rem On sucess remove the zipped files 

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        >nul 2>nul (

            for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%listFile%") do del /q /f "%%~fa"

        )

    )



    rem Remove the temporary file 

    2>nul del /q /f "%listFile%"

answered Mar 5 '17 at 11:32

MC ND

59.6k55086

@echo off

    setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion



    rem Try to change to target folder. Leave on error

    pushd "E:LogsSmartLogger" || goto :eof



    rem Retrieve the today date to use as zip file name

    set "today=" & for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('

        robocopy "|" . /njh

    ') do if not defined today set "today=%%a-%%b-%%c"



    rem We need a temporary file to store the list of files to process

    set "listFile=%temp%%~nx0.%random%%random%%random%%random%.tmp"



    rem Retrieve the list of files generated today and save to temp file

    >"%listFile%" forfiles /D 0 /M *.dat



    rem On sucess (files found) compress the list of selected files

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        7za -tzip -mx5 -y -- "%today%.zip" @"%listfile%"

    )



    rem On sucess remove the zipped files 

    if not errorlevel 1 (

        >nul 2>nul (

            for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%listFile%") do del /q /f "%%~fa"

        )

    )



    rem Remove the temporary file 

    2>nul del /q /f "%listFile%"

answered Mar 5 '17 at 11:32

MC ND

59.6k55086

answered Mar 5 '17 at 11:32

MC ND

59.6k55086

answered Mar 5 '17 at 11:32

MC ND

59.6k55086

answered Mar 5 '17 at 11:32

MC ND

59.6k55086

add a comment |

I tried using MC ND's solution, but it does not work when I use the @ operator, the file with the list was not being found. It works if there is a single file.

The -- parameter right before the destination and source parameters was causing the issue when using the @listfile mode.

Hope that helps anyone that encounters the same issue

edited Jan 8 at 5:07

Bhargav Rao♦

30.9k2092114

answered Jan 2 at 19:22

Esteban LB01

211

add a comment |

I tried using MC ND's solution, but it does not work when I use the @ operator, the file with the list was not being found. It works if there is a single file.

The -- parameter right before the destination and source parameters was causing the issue when using the @listfile mode.

Hope that helps anyone that encounters the same issue

edited Jan 8 at 5:07

Bhargav Rao♦

30.9k2092114

answered Jan 2 at 19:22

Esteban LB01

211

add a comment |

I tried using MC ND's solution, but it does not work when I use the @ operator, the file with the list was not being found. It works if there is a single file.

The -- parameter right before the destination and source parameters was causing the issue when using the @listfile mode.

Hope that helps anyone that encounters the same issue

edited Jan 8 at 5:07

Bhargav Rao♦

30.9k2092114

answered Jan 2 at 19:22

Esteban LB01

211

I tried using MC ND's solution, but it does not work when I use the @ operator, the file with the list was not being found. It works if there is a single file.

The -- parameter right before the destination and source parameters was causing the issue when using the @listfile mode.

Hope that helps anyone that encounters the same issue

edited Jan 8 at 5:07

Bhargav Rao♦

30.9k2092114

answered Jan 2 at 19:22

Esteban LB01

211

edited Jan 8 at 5:07

Bhargav Rao♦

30.9k2092114

edited Jan 8 at 5:07

Bhargav Rao♦

30.9k2092114

edited Jan 8 at 5:07

Bhargav Rao♦

30.9k2092114

answered Jan 2 at 19:22

Esteban LB01

211

answered Jan 2 at 19:22

Esteban LB01

211

answered Jan 2 at 19:22

Esteban LB01

211

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