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Vishnu Murali
Vishnu Murali

Reputation: 85

How to run a 7zip batch without copying the batch file to the 7zip folder in c

I have created a batch file to zip my backups, but the batch files works only if I copy the batch file to the 7zip.exe folder on c drive; otherwise it doesn't work . How do I run my batch file from any location?

Here is my command:

7z a -mhe -p1234 -t7z "D:\Batch test\2\%datetimef%.7z" "D:\Batch test\1*.*" -mx0

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6347

Answers (2)

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 917

You can put the full path to the 7z binary like so: 

"c:\7zip"\7z a -mhe -p1234 -t7z "D:\Batch test\2\%datetimef%.7z" "D:\Batch test\1\*.*" -mx0

You're explicitly telling the interpreter where to look for the binary.

Upvotes: 0

npocmaka
npocmaka

Reputation: 57252

PATH %PATH%;"c:\7ZIP";
7z a -mhe -p1234 -t7z "D:\Batch test\2\%datetimef%.7z" "D:\Batch test\1*.*" -mx0

where the c:\7zip is the folder where 7zip is.

The problem is that your 7z.exe is not in your PATH variable and cannot be found and executed.While when it is in the same directory it can be found and there is no problems with your execution.For script purposes you can edit the %PATH% variable with PATH command or edit it through environment variables .

Upvotes: 2

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