Windows Batch Script: Pack Files into ZIP-Archive

The easiest way is to invoke a program such as 7Zip or WinRAR with your batch script - just use the program which you have already installed on your computer.

Example using 7-Zip

I will give you an example of how to control 7Zip via batch script. First, just write the following text into a file such as packt.bat and double-click on the file to execute it:

@echo off
C:\7-Zip\7z.exe a -r target.zip file1.txt file2.txt
exit;

Important when customizing this file:

• First of all, we have to write the application path in which you have installed 7Zip. This might be "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe", for example.
• After that, you can pass some parameters controlling the adding to the archive. The "a" stands for "add" or "archive" and ensures that the files will be added to the archive. The "-r" is optional and makes sure that also sub directories will be added. If you do not want to include sub directories, just omit the "-r" parameter.
• Afterwards, you can specify the file name of the archive that should be created. In the example, we are naming it "target.zip".
• Last, we can specify a list of files and folders that should be added to the archive. In the example, we would like to add the files "file1.txt" and "file2.txt" to the archive. Single files are separated by a space, so you have to surround file names or paths containing spaces with double quotes.

Basically, working with WinRAR is the same. Here, the command can look like that: "C:\Programs\Winrar\winrar.exe a -r target.zip file1.txt file2.txt".
2015-01-25 at 11:06