Batch file to compress subdirectories

Question

I am trying to write a batch script that will run automatically compressing subdirectories using winrar or 7-zip:

Example:

 My Pictures
    Pics1 (Pics1.         


        

Answer 1

Another approach if you need to recursively zip files in all subdirs in windows is to use gitbash and the approach described here:

• If you installed git, right click and chose "Git Bash Here"
• Type find * -type d ! -empty -execdir sh -c 'cd "$1" && 7z a "$1".7z -x!*/ && cd -' sh {} \;

This will:

• retain folderstructure, place each zip in respective subdir
• recursively zip all files in dirs (excluding empty dirs)
• name zips with directory name

You can also exclude specific types with:

find * -type d -execdir sh -c 'cd "$1" && 7z a "$1".7z -x!*/ -x!*.7z -x!*.zip && cd -' sh {} \;