Hi,

under windows 7, i created a bat file including several command lines.

my first command line compress a folder (using 7-zip) to a tar file (this works great)
my second command line should:
a. wait that folder is compressed to a file
b. take the compressed file (content of compressed folder) and inject it / redirect it to a command line (this new command line should compress to gzip format)

my main problem it's :
1. i don't know how to tell 2nd commandline to wait till folder is FINALLY compressed.
2. how to redirect (without typing the filename of compressed folder) the new compressed archive to new command line ?

i tried to understand how <& works but i'm not sure this is what i need

could you help me please ?
thxFirst you need to show the actual code you created.

One question. Why are you compressing twice?
Because unfortunatelly 7-zip doesn't allow to CREATE a tar.gzip file in 1 shot... and i need to create such file extension...not only tar, not only gzip but like under linux...tar.gzipDid you see the first part of my post?
You could CALL 7-zip using START /WAIT or you could use the free IZarcCC which does it all at once (well, it creates the tar and then gzips it but you only use one command)

Installer http://www.izarc.org/download/IZArcCL.exe

Website http://www.izarc.org/index.html

(This is the "Command Line Add-on" I am using.)

Auto-it is a folder containing a mixture of text files and .exe files total 4,796,368 bytes

C:\test>"C:\Program Files (x86)\IZArc\IZARCC.exe" -a -r -cx "C:\Archives\Auto-it.tgz" Auto-it

-cx is max compression

01/04/2013 20:47 3,429,444 Auto-it.tgz

Can just make a tar file:

C:\test>"C:\Program Files (x86)\IZArc\IZARCC.exe" -a -r "C:\Archives\Auto-it.tar" Auto-it

01/04/2013 20:50 4,843,520 Auto-it.tar

It needs the full PATH for the archive file or else it makes it in the program folder. Note the program path will be different on 32 bit Windows. You can change the .tgz extension afterwards. If you supply .tar.gz on the command line when running it makes filename.tar.tgz






I have learned from past experience that some programs just dont obey the wait option.
Batch files are sequential. Dont use the start command to run 7zip. Quote from: Squashman on April 01, 2013, 02:06:05 PM

I have learned from past experience that some programs just dont obey the wait option.
Batch files are sequential. Dont use the start command to run zip.

This should work.