Make cab

[Kudos]

hi there!

i've something like hundreds of files to makecab, is there a faster way than using cmd command?

[Delprat]

put all your files in a single folder

at the cmd prompt, use CD command to go in that folder

use this to compress all files :

FOR %i IN (*) DO MAKECAB /D CompressionMemory=21 %i

(the part in italic enables the max compression level)

you'll get all the compressed files mixed up with the originals, to move the cabbed ones to a folder, use the MOVE command :

MOVE *.??_ X:\Path\to\Cabbed\files\*.*

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[Yzöwl]

You don't need to move them later, if you build in a delete command!

Copy all the files, if you want them keeping in an uncompressed form, to a folder, then drag and frop the folder onto this file.

• cabem.cmd
  

@PUSHD %1 ||EXIT
@FOR /F "DELIMS=" %%? IN ('DIR/B/A-D') DO (@MAKECAB "%%?">NUL 2>&1 &&@DEL /A/F "%%?")

It should be on two lines only!

<Edit>

If you want the safety of not deleting and not copying first, here's a safer version. It will create a folder inside the one you dropped named cabbed, and place all your newly cabbed files inside it, leaving the originals alone

• cabit.cmd
  

@PUSHD %1 ||EXIT
@FOR /F "DELIMS=" %%? IN ('DIR/B/A-D') DO (@MAKECAB "%%?" /L "CABBED">NUL 2>&1)

This one is two lines too!

</Edit>

Edited May 7, 2006 by Yzöwl

[Delprat]

You don't need to move them later, if you build in a delete command!

Of course, but i'm lazier than you

May i ask you what is the difference between :

FOR %i IN (*) DO something with the file %i

-and-

FOR /F "DELIMS=" %%? IN ('DIR/B/A-D') DO something with the file %%?

hidden files maybe ?

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edit: thanks Yzöwl

Edited May 9, 2006 by Delprat

[Yzöwl]

It just picks up more files, for instance any which contain additional dots in the filename. It also has the added benefit of being quicker to edit using findstr in regular expressions for instance.