Can someone please help me fix this, please?

I am trying to get this working...For some reason it will not work for me:

I put this into a batch file and ran it from my desktop (vista & xp tested):

for %%I in (*.zip) do "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\RAR.exe" d -r "%%I" *.avi

and I get error bad archive, but the archives are perfect...All I need to do is delete the avi files from the zip archives that I am downloading. The code also needs to scan all sub-directories as well for the zip containing avi files.

When I put it in the actual folder where I want it to work (with all sub-directories) it just echoed out the command (no echo statement at all in the bat file) and then redisplayed the command prompt but didn't do anything.

Thank you in advance!
-Brian

It might not support the delete command on zip files (as opposed to rar).

Try using the list option instead of delete to see if it works

for %%I in (*.zip) do "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\RAR.exe" l "%%I"

This will at least let you know the archive can be read

Still nothing...

I tried again, and this time (changing the *.zip to *.rar) and I got "filename.rar" is not rar archive..What gives??

I just created a rar out of a folder on my hd and I tried using the l(ist) option, and it worked...So does that mean that even though my other rars & zips are corrupted even if they can be opened and used? What do you recommend I do?

Ok,

I figured out the first step which is if I use rar files (as opposed to zip) I will not have a problem deleting what I want, BUT now I can't seem to get the -r(ecursive) switch to work...Assuming that will delete from sub-directories too?

If the rar is in the same folder as the batch file, the delete command works, but not if the rar is inside a sub-directory of the batch file.

After Double checking the winrar help, I found that the d(elete) command and -r(ecursive) switch don't mix...CRAP!!! Is there another tool that can do it? I have lots of files to go through and it will NEVER get finished, trust me, about 200 gigs of files.

Thank you!
-Brian

I found another tool (IzArc that should do it), but I get this strange error:

Nothing To Do!

Here's the code I used:

@for %%I in (*.zip) do "izarcc.exe" "%%I" d *.txt

Note: izarcc is the command line tool.

Any Ideas??

-Brian

wish i could help

Originally Posted by shawnsidwell

wish i could help

All you need to do is install the program, and play around with it, I'm not a programmer, but I keep trying around the clock (since I am out of work) to get it working, some things work for me, and some things don't...So give it a try, and I will appreciate your efforts.

Brian

So far I've tried 7zip, Izarc, Winrar, Winzip, and probably others (that I can't remember), but if you know how to get it working, I would appreciate it a lot!

Quest: Trying to delete a file type (.avi) from zips and rar files using this (non working) command:

@for %%I in (*.zip) do Izarcc -d %%I *.txt -r
@for %%I in (*.zip) do 7z d %%I *.txt -r
@for %%I in (*.zip) do rar -d %%I *.txt -r

None of these will go through sub directories and perform the delete function inside the zip or rar files. But they WILL delete if the zip or rar is in the same directory as the bat (or cmd) file.

Please help!
Brian