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Sabardeyn · 01-18-2016, 08:45 AM

Anyone know of an archival program for Win 8.1 that allows automatic, bulk archiving of all sub-folders and their contents, naming the resulting archive based on the sub-folder's name?

I would like to be able to set a starting directory and have the program walk the directory tree downward, adding all contents until it reaches the end. Going back to the top, it should do the same to all the other folder's in the starting directory. Here is a sample of what I mean.

Code:

Directory Structure                         Output
----------------------                      ------------------
C:\User\Docs\                               [none, starting directory]
    Folder1\                                Folder1.RAR
        Page 01
        Page 02
    Folder2\                                Folder2.RAR
        Page 01
        Page 02
        Folder3                             [none, part of Folder2.RAR]
            Page 01
            Page 02

This will allow me to create simple ebooks by placing the individual "pages" (mostly images) into a container (the archive) that I can later manipulate into a better form. The focus of this effort is in automatically creating the archive file.

01-18-2016, 08:45 AM	#1
Sabardeyn Guru Posts: 644 Karma: 1242364 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Right Coast Device: PC (Calibre), Nexus 7 2013 (Moon+ Pro), HTC HD2/Leo (Freda)	Wanted: Bulk automatic archival program for the PC? Anyone know of an archival program for Win 8.1 that allows automatic, bulk archiving of all sub-folders and their contents, naming the resulting archive based on the sub-folder's name? I would like to be able to set a starting directory and have the program walk the directory tree downward, adding all contents until it reaches the end. Going back to the top, it should do the same to all the other folder's in the starting directory. Here is a sample of what I mean. Code: Directory Structure Output ---------------------- ------------------ C:\User\Docs\ [none, starting directory] Folder1\ Folder1.RAR Page 01 Page 02 Folder2\ Folder2.RAR Page 01 Page 02 Folder3 [none, part of Folder2.RAR] Page 01 Page 02 This will allow me to create simple ebooks by placing the individual "pages" (mostly images) into a container (the archive) that I can later manipulate into a better form. The focus of this effort is in automatically creating the archive file.