delet (.rar .zip ) files after successfully unzip

[mioo_sara]

how  can  we be sure that  (.rar .zip ) files are unziped  successfully  and delet them?
i  need some scripts  in  batch file format  that check  to  see if extraction  is complete successfully   then  delet (.zip .rar) files
is there any  way  to  help?
by  the way
1- i have winrar installed  in  my  system
2-  broken (.zip .rar) files should be ignored of deletion
thanks

[Reno]

i think i've this kind of script that i use in the past:

here it is:
_unrar.bat

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@echo off

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /b *.rar *.zip') do (
%%~xa e -y "%%~a" && attrib +h "%%~a"
)

pause
and _clean.bat

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@echo off

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir/b/ah *.zip *.rar') do (
for /f "tokens=*" %%b in ('%%~xa lb "%%a"') do (
dir/b "%%b" >nul 2>&1 && (del/a "%%a" && echo DELETE: %%a)
)
)
i use the rar.exe and 7zip.exe (the command line version). copy both files to the same folder as the .bat files, and rename it to '.rar.exe' and '.zip.exe'

how _unrar works:
1. it extract the files, prompt for password if any, on successful, it hide the file (treating the hidden file(s) as recycle bin)

how _clean works: (cleaning the "recycle bin")
it check for hidden rar zip files, then list the content, and check if the content is already extracted, once it sure, it then delete the rar zip file for good.

[mioo_sara]

dear reno i tried your scripts but i have error message

'.rar' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Press any key to continue . . .

i  even  found ( rar.exe and 7z.exe ) and copied them  in folder next to  my.bat file but it can't extract or even  find my  (.zip .rar ) files !!
rar.exe path  that i  found =C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe
7z.exe= i download it

but  i  tried another script that can  perfectly  extract  my  (.zip  and .rar ) files

@echo OFF
for %%f in (*.zip *.rar) do "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Winrar.exe" x "%%f"

it does not need me to  copy  anything ..but there is a problem  that i mentioned before in  my  post number 1

how can  i  be sure that (.zip and .rar ) files have been  extracted 100% successfully?  and then  delet (.zip and .rar ) files?
and how to  ignore broken  files and those files that has not been  extracted successfully from  deletion?

thanks

[devcom]

you need to use for loop and findstr to filter output

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C:\CMD>rar x GETIP |findstr "Wypakowuję"

Wypakowuję  GETIP.exe                                                 OK


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        1             2                                                         3
Wypakowuję  GETIP.exe                                                 OK
then you need to match 3 token

[mioo_sara]

devcom
what are those codes?
 should i type them  in  CMD?
i  need batch  codes
can  you  help with  that?

[Reno]

i  even  found ( rar.exe and 7z.exe ) and copied them  in folder next to  my.bat file but it can't extract or even  find my  (.zip .rar ) files !!
rar.exe path  that i  found =C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe
7z.exe= i download it

Answer:

i use the rar.exe and 7zip.exe (the command line version). copy both files to the same folder as the .bat files, and rename it to '.rar.exe' and '.zip.exe'

you miss this important step, rename rar.exe to '.rar.exe' and '7z.exe' to '.zip.exe', are you sure 7z.exe is the command-line version?

[mioo_sara]

you miss this important step, rename rar.exe to '.rar.exe' and '7z.exe' to '.zip.exe',

dear reno
i did not missed it ! i  just did not report it back 
first  in  windows xp  unfortunately we can't add (.) to  first part of files names i tried to  rename rar.exe to .rar.exe  but i  have a error report that windows is  unable to  rename it to  .rar.exe i even  tried to  rename it  to '.rar.exe' but you  can  guess what happened

are you sure 7z.exe is the command-line version?

well  i  am  sure  but what  about  (*.rar ) files?
why it can't even  extract them? i  copied rar.exe and myfile.rar and my.bat ito  a folder and start my.bat but  i  have still  that error message
what should  i  do?
what  about  that scripts  that  i  mentioned ?  that is working  perfectly
cant  you  fix that or find another way?

[Reno]

it working fine here, except i am doing it in command line
ren rar.exe .rar.exe

as for the modification the script you mentioned:
@echo OFF
for %%f in (*.rar) do "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar.exe" e "%%f" && del "%%f"

the same to do wit the zip file

[TheHoFL]

Are you looking to have the RAR extract and then immediately delete or to have a directory scanned and delete the RAR files that have been extracted?

[mioo_sara]

well  first of all  thanks for helping me reno
i  think  with  your help  at last  i reached somewhere
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i  tried to  replace your script with  below script

@echo OFF
for %%f in (*.zip *.rar) do "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Winrar.exe" x "%%f" && del "%%f"

it can  now extract any ( zip  or rar) files and then  delet the source files and if found broken  or password protected file ignore it from  deletion
but i know that this program  can  now work  just under winxp with  winrar istalled
i  have  some question=
1-  how is it possible to  rename rar.exe to .rar.exe ? windows xp  does not allow  to  put (.) at the  first character of files
is it some kind of trick  that i am  not aware of?
2-  what is that  (.) doing?  is it that  important?
3-  you  put (e) in  your script (rar.exe" e ")  but i replace it to  x(means any  file) what is that (e) ?
by  the way  i am  using windows xp sp2 and i have winrar 3.80  installed on  my  system
i  found rar.exe in  winrar folder with 315 kb size and 7zip(renamed to zip.exe) with 144 kb
are the size different from  yours?
is it possible to  upload both  your files?
thanks

[mioo_sara]

dear TheHoFL
i  want to  extrat  zip  and rar files and then  delet  zip  and rar files that have been  completely  extracted and keep  the others that are broken  or password protected

[Reno]

1-  how is it possible to  rename rar.exe to .rar.exe ? windows xp  does not allow  to  put (.) at the  first character of files
is it some kind of trick  that i am  not aware of?
2-  what is that  (.) doing?  is it that  important?
3-  you  put (e) in  your script (rar.exe" e ")  but i replace it to  x(means any  file) what is that (e) ?

1. i already told you how to do it, see above, ren rar.exe .rar.exe
2. it just to make the batch shorter, the code parse the extension which is .rar and .zip, that's why i rename the exe to .rar.exe and .zip.exe
3. type rar.exe /? to find out

[mioo_sara]

at last i did it reno !! thanks man 
with  your help  i  renamed those files ..but you  should have told me to  do  this through  a .bat file !! i  was renaming  rar.exe and 7zip.exe with  windows xp !! but i  tried this command in  a batch  file
ren rar.exe .rar.exe
ren 7zip.exe .zip.exe
and its done !!!
but now there is still  one problem
it always remains one file (zip file) undeleted after extraction why?

[Reno]

it always remains one file (zip file) undeleted after extraction why?

what is your code? in what condition the zip file is not deleted?

[mioo_sara]

sorry for late

what is your code? in what condition the zip file is not deleted?

well  i used your(reno) scripts in  post #2
i create 3 new folders and compressed them  to  following names
New Folder.rar
New Folder (2).zip
New Folder (3).rar

then  copied ( .rar.exe .zip.exe and reno.bat ( your batch  program file) )

now i execute it
it extract  one folder just New Folder (2).zip and never any of others
why? whats wrong? it can  extract zip  file  so  it could not be because of my  .zip.exe , right?
as i mentioned before i have winrar 3.80  installed and my  (.rar.exe .zip.exe) size is below
.rar.exe === 315kb
.zip.exe === 146kb
i found rar.exe in  winrar folder

thanks