Author Topic: delet (.rar .zip ) files after successfully unzip (Read 18519 times)

mioo_sara · « **on:** May 29, 2009, 03:55:36 AM »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2009, 04:28:15 AM »

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 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2009, 07:05:04 AM »

dear reno i tried your scripts but i have error message

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'.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

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@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 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2009, 07:30:51 AM »

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

Code: [Select]

        1             2                                                         3
Wypakowuję  GETIP.exe                                                 OK

then you need to match 3 token

mioo_sara · « **Reply #4 on:** May 29, 2009, 08:59:55 AM »

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

Reno · « **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2009, 09:48:45 AM »

Quote from: mioo_sara on May 29, 2009, 07:05:04 AM

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:

Quote from: Reno on May 29, 2009, 04:28:15 AM

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 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 29, 2009, 10:15:38 AM »

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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

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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 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 29, 2009, 10:28:23 AM »

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 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 29, 2009, 10:41:28 AM »

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 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 29, 2009, 02:28:01 PM »

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

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@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 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 29, 2009, 02:29:05 PM »

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 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 31, 2009, 10:50:59 PM »

Quote from: mioo_sara on May 29, 2009, 02:28:01 PM

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 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 01, 2009, 06:32:02 AM »

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 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 01, 2009, 08:31:57 AM »

Quote from: mioo_sara on June 01, 2009, 06:32:02 AM

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 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 02, 2009, 10:26:15 AM »

sorry for late

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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

Reno · « **Reply #15 on:** June 03, 2009, 01:30:15 AM »

type '.zip.exe' at command prompt:
it should display something as follow:

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D:\batch>.zip

7-Zip 4.57  Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Igor Pavlov  2007-12-06

Usage: 7z <command> [<switches>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>...]
       [<@listfiles...>]

mioo_sara · « **Reply #16 on:** June 03, 2009, 06:10:37 AM »

hi dear reno
well i don't have 7zip installed on my system so when i typed .zip.exe in CMD i saw error massage

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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\sss>.zip.exe
'.zip.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

well i did not navigate to my folder through CMD

but i did something else that defined my file is not bad !!
i copied .zip.exe in a folder and typed .zip.exe in a bat file and executed bat file
you can see the result

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F:\bbb\delet zip>.zip.exe

7-Zip 4.62 Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Igor Pavlov 2008-12-02

Usage: 7z <command> [<switches>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>...]
[<@listfiles...>]

<Commands>
a: Add files to archive
b: Benchmark
d: Delete files from archive
e: Extract files from archive (without using directory names)
l: List contents of archive
t: Test integrity of archive
u: Update files to archive
x: eXtract files with full paths
<Switches>
-ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include archives
-ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude archives
-bd: Disable percentage indicator
-i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include filenames
-m{Parameters}: set compression Method
-o{Directory}: set Output directory
-p{Password}: set Password
-r[-|0]: Recurse subdirectories
-scs{UTF-8 | WIN | DOS}: set charset for list files
-sfx[{name}]: Create SFX archive
-si[{name}]: read data from stdin
-slt: show technical information for l (List) command
-so: write data to stdout
-ssc[-]: set sensitive case mode
-ssw: compress shared files
-t{Type}: Set type of archive
-v{Size}[b|k|m|g]: Create volumes
-u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]: Update options
-w[{path}]: assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
-x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude filenames
-y: assume Yes on all queries

so my file is a command version right RENO?
now what's wrong? would you please read my previous post again?
thanks

Reno · « **Reply #17 on:** June 03, 2009, 07:17:32 AM »

admitted it that i dont have an answer for this.
i have used that batch script for months, and works well as i intend it to.

change echo off to echo on, then if you could post some screen output which line and file name goes wrong, i try my best to assist.

mioo_sara · « **Reply #18 on:** June 03, 2009, 09:30:24 AM »

hi to all specially my dear RENO
RENO you were right !! i had created 2 empty folders and compressed them..... because of that program could not extract anything
i apologize for that i did not saw that there are some switches in your program
======================================================
but now i created 2 folders and put some files inside both of them and then compressed them to names below
my rar.rar
my zip.zip
and added (.zip.exe , .Rar.exe and reno.bat) and execute bat file it extracted all files and folders and deleted my rar.rar file but my zip.zip is still exist !! it's just hiden but not deleted
below you can see the result in a CMD window

mioo_sara · « **Reply #19 on:** June 03, 2009, 09:31:01 AM »

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C:\delet zip>for /F "tokens=*" %a in ('dir /b *.rar *.zip') do (%~xa e -y "%~a"
&& attrib +h "%~a" )

C:\delet zip>(.rar e -y "my rar.rar" && attrib +h "my rar.rar" )

RAR 3.80 Copyright (c) 1993-2008 Alexander Roshal 16 Sep 2008
Shareware version Type RAR -? for help

Extracting from my rar.rar

Extracting New Rich Text Document.rtf OK
All OK

C:\delet zip>(.zip e -y "my zip.zip" && attrib +h "my zip.zip" )

7-Zip 4.62 Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Igor Pavlov 2008-12-02

Processing archive: my zip.zip

Extracting my zip
Extracting my zip\New Text Document.txt

Everything is Ok

Folders: 1
Files: 1
Size: 10
Compressed: 251

C:\delet zip>for /F "tokens=*" %a in ('dir/b/ah *.zip *.rar') do (for /F "tokens
=*" %b in ('%~xa lb "%a"') do (dir/b "%b" 1>nul 2>&1 && (del/a "%a" && echo
DELETE: %a ) ) )

C:\delet zip>(for /F "tokens=*" %b in ('.zip lb "my zip.zip"') do (dir/b "%b"
1>nul 2>&1 && (del/a "my zip.zip" && echo DELETE: my zip.zip ) ) )

C:\delet zip>(dir/b "7-Zip 4.62 Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Igor Pavlov 2008-12-02
" 1>nul 2>&1 && (del/a "my zip.zip" && echo DELETE: my zip.zip ) )

C:\delet zip>(dir/b "Error:" 1>nul 2>&1 && (del/a "my zip.zip" && echo DELE
TE: my zip.zip ) )

C:\delet zip>(dir/b "Incorrect command line" 1>nul 2>&1 && (del/a "my zip.zip
" && echo DELETE: my zip.zip ) )

C:\delet zip>(for /F "tokens=*" %b in ('.rar lb "my rar.rar"') do (dir/b "%b"
1>nul 2>&1 && (del/a "my rar.rar" && echo DELETE: my rar.rar ) ) )

C:\delet zip>(dir/b "New Rich Text Document.rtf" 1>nul 2>&1 && (del/a "my rar
.rar" && echo DELETE: my rar.rar ) )
DELETE: my rar.rar

C:\delet zip>(dir/b "my rar" 1>nul 2>&1 && (del/a "my rar.rar" && echo DELE
TE: my rar.rar ) )

C:\delet zip>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

Reno · « **Reply #20 on:** June 03, 2009, 09:47:11 AM »

i am speechless.
the 2 batch file is not meant to be combined into one.

instead use this:

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@echo off

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

there is a HUGE bug that need to be fix in _clean.bat at post #2, there is no 'lb' switch in 7z.exe. so don't use script at post#2. thank you for reporting a bug.

mioo_sara · « **Reply #21 on:** June 03, 2009, 02:53:34 PM »

wow thanks RENO

what a powerful script it's so fast even before i start it it finished !!

fantastic it's working like a charm it extract files and delet compressed files with no error . it is very delightful that this website has a programmer like you
==============================================
now with a test i have my 2 final questions that will be very greatful if you solve them

how can we replace (*.rar .*.zip) with our file names? i don't want to all files to be extracted .just need those files that i order get extracted
thanks can you give an example for replacable file names (for both zip and rar files at the same time)
thanks

mioo_sara · « **Reply #22 on:** June 05, 2009, 06:25:35 AM »

has someone seen RENO around?

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