I'd like to backup some drives that are quite large (>50GB, some >200GB and # 
of files >65k) on XP. I would like to back up to individual zip files for each 
directory, AND split the zip if it's going to be greater than some size, ALSO 
including any files in the root as a separate zip. Tools that understand and 
operate on the Archive bit would be nice too. ;)

I've been trying tar and gzip from gnuwin32. Winzip and the like can't deal 
with this - too manay files. Using FORFILES from the win2k resource kit, tar 
worked OK, and gzip afterward (but not tar with -z option). However, FORFILES 
had an error somewhere around the recycle bin so it may not handle 
hidden/systems files well. Only half of a disk copied.

Using FOR in a bat file, I've tried this:

FOR /D %%G IN (*.*) DO "D:\bin-local\UNIX\usr\local\wbin\gzip.exe -c 
"d:\%%G\*.*" > "k:\gz\%%G.gz""

Which is pretty much the same as what worked with the cmd line to execute in 
FORFILES. The "" are for names with spaces. T get this:

D:\>"D:\bin-local\UNIX\usr\local\wbin\gzip.exe -c "d:\Temp.install\*.*" > 
k:\gz\Temp.install.gz""
The system cannot find the path specified.

Same thing with tar and FOR. The paths do exist... I've tried all different 
ways of adding "" and some show a mangled command line, but this one seems OK 
and still fails. Same for tar -cvf.

There may be a case where some dir has more than 65k files (breaks zip), but 
recursing every dir and zipping each would get out of hand. That's why I've 
thought to go tar first.

Does anyone know of a tool or have a bat or cmd file that handles this? Seeing 
as how this FOR command isn't working as it should is frustrating. I'm also 
unsure why -z is listed in gnuwin tar, but fails.

TIA, Skip
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