How to compress directories in ZIP archives using 7zip and CMD

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Hello people,
Good evening.

In this quick post I will demonstrate how to compress directories and sub directories by creating 1 zip file with all content or 1 ZIP file per directory using the 7-Zip, the best file compactor, in my opinion, and the DOS prompt (CMD).

I use this little script a lot in my daily life, mainly to store the scripts and logs of the requests and projects I attend. This week I had to reuse these scripts when I generated large CSV files (over 2 GB per file) with lots of information extracted from the database using the stored procedure. stpExporta_Query_Txt, available in post SQL Server - How to export database data to text file (CLR, OLE, BCP).

To make these files available to the requester, I wanted to compress them into 1 ZIP file for each file generated, but they were 65 CSV files, which would take me a little time.

The solution to this problem was to resort to one of the scripts below, which I prepared for 3 types of needs. In these examples below, I will use the following structure:

Create 1 ZIP File for Each Subdirectory

In this first example, I will demonstrate how to read all directories in the current folder and create 1 zip file for each directory in the current folder. The sub directories will be part of the created Zip file.

Source code:

Processing:

Final result:

Create 1 ZIP File with Subdirectory Contents

In this second example, I will demonstrate how to read all directories in the current folder and create 1 zip file with this content. The sub directories will be part of the created ZIP file.
Source code:

Processing:

Final result:

Create 1 ZIP File for Each Root File

In this third and last example, I will demonstrate how to read the files that are in the current folder and create 1 zip file for file. Directories and sub directories are not considered, only files that are in the root.

Source code:

Processing:

Final result:

And that's it folks!
Hope this post is useful for you too!

Hug!

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