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 *.avi -r
@for %%I in (*.zip) do 7z d %%I *.avi -r
@for %%I in (*.zip) do rar -d %%I *.avi -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 me delete from sub-directories
Brian

It's not clear what you're asking?

Zip files aren't folders, they're files. XP exposes them as folders, but this is just a trick. What that means is that file traversal semantics don't work here.

You can extract the archive, delete all the avi files, and then rebuild it. You might be able to find an API to a specific archival format to do this programatically.

I figured that out already...I was referring to recursive mode that many command line archive tools support...Recursive in the sense of modifying files in folders worth of zip or rar files.

Thanks for attempting to help though