Windows batch file 7 zip archive files using date range

7-zipbackuptimestampwindows

I am currently running a batch file that backs up all my files created or modified within the past 24 hours using an old version of Winzip. I use 7 zip for a lot of archiving and would like to be able to use it for this purpose but it does not have switches that let you select files based on their date/time stamp. I do NOT want to copy files to a directory based on their time stamp and archive them form there. Any suggestions?

Best Answer

http://ss64.com/nt/forfiles.html

and

http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples ->

 forfiles  /c "7za a -t7z @fname.7z @file" /d -1

Related Solutions

RAR Archive – Change Password Without Modifying File Attributes

I solved this problem by converting the RAR archive to a TAR archive with IZArc, and then converting the TAR archive to an RAR archive with WinRAR (Tools-Convert-Compression for options). This preserved the date/time attributes, got past the problem that WinRAR won't convert a password protected archive (even though I know the password.)

How to Move Files Between Computers While Preserving File Dates

The robocopy command preserves all three dates (created, modified, accessed).

The syntax is:

       Usage :: ROBOCOPY source destination [file [file]...] [options]

      source :: Source Directory (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
 destination :: Destination Dir  (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
        file :: File(s) to copy  (names/wildcards: default is "*.*").

For the full syntax, execute robocopy /?.

robocopy comes with all recent versions of Windows. However, if you don't feel comfortable using the command line, you can download the Utility Spotlight Robocopy GUI from Microsoft TechNet.

Best Answer

Related Solutions

RAR Archive – Change Password Without Modifying File Attributes

How to Move Files Between Computers While Preserving File Dates

Related Question