Compress/zip files from the command line in Windows 7?
In Windows 7 is there a native way to compress or zip files from the command line? I'd like to do it without installing any third-party utilities such as 7Zip.
March 8th, 2011 4:41pm
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http://superuser.com/questions/201371/create-zip-folder-from-the-command-line-windows"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code"
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March 8th, 2011 5:02pm
Hi,
You can use Compact command. For more information, please refer to the following article.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490884.aspx
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March 10th, 2011 5:07am
Thanks for the reminder about the native Windows COMPACT.EXE. With the files I have I see it compresses to a ratio of about 2.3:1; with 7ZIP creating a .ZIP file the ratio is about 6:1. So there's definitely a difference but it's something we
may be able to live with. Thank you.
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March 10th, 2011 10:48am