Help With WinRar Command-Line

[gumbaz]

This is the Winrar command Line I am using..
"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"

What i want to do is make it so after each file is put into the archive it is deleted from the source.
but the way winrar does it is, it deletes all of the source files only after 100% successful completion of the whole entire archive..
So is there anyway to make it so winrar deletes each file one by one after each file is successfully put into the archive..??

[Helpmeh]

This doesn't really belong here.


BUT...if you post a screenie of exactly what it says in the command line when you type C:\RAR.EXE /? then we might be able to help, or help the people in the software/programs section.

[gumbaz]

It says:
C:\RAR.EXE /?   will just show all the command line switches for RAR.EXE same as shown here:
http://joy.debian.net/rar/Manual.html

"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"
Creating E:\MEDIA.RAR
List of each file that is being put into the archive.
.
.
.
.
.
Archive completed yada yada..

Sorry if i post this in the wrong section, I didn't know anywhere else to ask this..
Is there a WinRar Support form for this at all, I tried Googling for one but couldn't seem to find one..
So is it not possible then to do what I'm asking..??

[BC_Programmer]

WinRAR or RAR likely don't support this. You could probably create a batch file that subsequently adds each file to the RAR and deletes it.

[Dias de verano]

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RAR 3.70 beta 7   Copyright (c) 1993-2007 Alexander Roshal   16 Apr 2007
Registered to Dias

Usage:     rar <command> -<switch 1> -<switch N> <archive> <files...>
               <@listfiles...> <path_to_extract\>

<Commands>
  a             Add files to archive <------------------------------------------------ Look here
  c             Add archive comment
  cf            Add files comment
  ch            Change archive parameters
  cw            Write archive comment to file
  d             Delete files from archive
  e             Extract files to current directory
  f             Freshen files in archive
  i[par]=<str>  Find string in archives
  k             Lock archive
  l[t,b]        List archive [technical, bare]
  m[f]          Move to archive [files only]
  p             Print file to stdout
  r             Repair archive
  rc            Reconstruct missing volumes
  rn            Rename archived files
  rr[N]         Add data recovery record
  rv[N]         Create recovery volumes
  s[name|-]     Convert archive to or from SFX
  t             Test archive files
  u             Update files in archive
  v[t,b]        Verbosely list archive [technical,bare]
  x             Extract files with full path

<Switches>
  -             Stop switches scanning
  ac            Clear Archive attribute after compression or extraction
  ad            Append archive name to destination path
  ag[format]    Generate archive name using the current date
  ao            Add files with Archive attribute set
  ap<path>      Set path inside archive
  as            Synchronize archive contents
  av            Put authenticity verification (registered versions only)
  av-           Disable authenticity verification check
  c-            Disable comments show
  cfg-          Disable read configuration
  cl            Convert names to lower case
  cu            Convert names to upper case
  df            Delete files after archiving <--------------------------------------- And here
  dh            Open shared files
  ds            Disable name sort for solid archive
  e[+]<attr>    Set file exclude and include attributes
  ed            Do not add empty directories
  en            Do not put 'end of archive' block
  ep            Exclude paths from names
  ep1           Exclude base directory from names
  ep2           Expand paths to full
  ep3           Expand paths to full including the drive letter
  f             Freshen files
  hp[password]  Encrypt both file data and headers
  id[c,d,p,q]   Disable messages
  ieml[addr]    Send archive by email
  ierr          Send all messages to stderr
  ilog[name]    Log errors to file (registered versions only)
  inul          Disable all messages
  ioff          Turn PC off after completing an operation
  isnd          Enable sound
  k             Lock archive
  kb            Keep broken extracted files
  m<0..5>       Set compression level (0-store...3-default...5-maximal)
  mc<par>       Set advanced compression parameters
  md<size>      Dictionary size in KB (64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096 or A-G)
  ms[ext;ext]   Specify file types to store
  mt<threads>   Set the number of threads
  n<file>       Include only specified file
  n@            Read file names to include from stdin
  n@<list>      Include files in specified list file
  o+            Overwrite existing files
  o-            Do not overwrite existing files
  oc            Set NTFS Compressed attribute
  or            Rename files automatically
  os            Save NTFS streams
  ow            Save or restore file owner and group
  p[password]   Set password
  p-            Do not query password
  r             Recurse subdirectories
  r0            Recurse subdirectories for wildcard names only
  ri<P>[:<S>]   Set priority (0-default,1-min..15-max) and sleep time in ms
  rr[N]         Add data recovery record
  rv[N]         Create recovery volumes
  s[<N>,v[-],e] Create solid archive
  s-            Disable solid archiving
  sc<chr>[obj]  Specify the character set
  sfx[name]     Create SFX archive
  si[name]      Read data from standard input (stdin)
  sl<size>      Process files with size less than specified
  sm<size>      Process files with size more than specified
  t             Test files after archiving
  ta<date>      Process files modified after <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
  tb<date>      Process files modified before <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
  tk            Keep original archive time
  tl            Set archive time to latest file
  tn<time>      Process files newer than <time>
  to<time>      Process files older than <time>
  ts<m,c,a>[N]  Save or restore file time (modification, creation, access)
  u             Update files
  v             Create volumes with size autodetection or list all volumes
  v<size>[k,b]  Create volumes with size=<size>*1000 [*1024, *1]
  vd            Erase disk contents before creating volume
  ver[n]        File version control
  vn            Use the old style volume naming scheme
  vp            Pause before each volume
  w<path>       Assign work directory
  x<file>       Exclude specified file
  x@            Read file names to exclude from stdin
  x@<list>      Exclude files in specified list file
  y             Assume Yes on all queries
  z[file]       Read archive comment from file


[gumbaz]

"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"
is the same as
"C:\RAR.EXE" a -df -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"

A -DF = M --> it says that in the manual...!!!

    -df     Delete files after archiving

            Move files to archive. This switch in combination with
            the command "A" performs the same action as the command "M".

@BC_Programmer
"WinRAR or RAR likely don't support this. You could probably create a batch file that subsequently adds each file to the RAR and deletes it."

I guess that is the only way then or what..??
How would I make a batch code that does that then..??

[Helpmeh]

You would do:

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Start "C:\RAR.EXE" a -df -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA"
and save it as something.bat

[gumbaz]

I dont think you got what i was sayin there Helpmeh..!!

I need to make a batch file that searches a folder for all its files then for each file found it executes this command for it: 
"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "C:\MEDIA\Found-Folder\Found-File-1.ext"

So something like this i suppose..??

for /f "delims==" %%D in ('DIR  C:\MEDIA /A /B /S') do (
"C:\RAR.EXE" m -r "E:\MEDIA.RAR" "%%D"
)

Would something along the lines like that work..??

[Dias de verano]

Would something along the lines like that work..??

Should work fine. Why don't you try it?