Hi,

I think the quotation is wrong, so it should be like this:

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

Tamas


On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Dr Skip <drskip@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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