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PeterT · 03-28-2015, 10:33 AM

Well never having used 7za (the command line tool) it took a few minutes

Code:

for /r %1 in (*.original_epub) do 7za a "%~p1""%~n1".7z "%1"

This will create a new 7Z archive within the same folder that the original_epub file was located with the same name as the original_epub that contains a single file.

There are NO processes left running after this command; the only issue is that I'm not sure how to have 7za drop the file after it has been added. This could be done by a second for command

Code:

for /r %1 in (*.original_epub) do del "%1"

PS: I only SAW your reply about 10 minutes ago; in that time I located the 7zip command line version, installed it, wrote the batch line, tested it, AND wrote this message.

PPS: Quite likely no need to compress due to the fact that an epub actually IS a zip file (albeit with the possibility that not all components of it might be compressed. So one could add the -x0 switch to the command line

03-28-2015, 10:33 AM	#42
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,544 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Well never having used 7za (the command line tool) it took a few minutes Code: for /r %1 in (.original_epub) do 7za a "%~p1""%~n1".7z "%1" This will create a new 7Z archive within the same folder that the original_epub file was located with the same name as the original_epub that contains a single file. There are NO processes left running after this command; the only issue is that I'm not sure how to have 7za drop the file after it has been added. This could be done by a second for command Code: for /r %1 in (.original_epub) do del "%1" PS: I only SAW your reply about 10 minutes ago; in that time I located the 7zip command line version, installed it, wrote the batch line, tested it, AND wrote this message. PPS: Quite likely no need to compress due to the fact that an epub actually IS a zip file (albeit with the possibility that not all components of it might be compressed. So one could add the -x0 switch to the command line Last edited by PeterT; 03-28-2015 at 10:47 AM.