[MS-DOS batch] 7zip Duplicate file error in different directories

[petal]

Hi,

I need to use some ms-dos batch files to run 7zip for making compressed backup. However, it treats it as duplicate file name error when there are files with same name but in different directories :cry: .

Error:

Duplicate filename:

abc.txt

abc.txt

The list file looks like:

d:\test\backup\abc.txt

d:\test\backup\sub\abc.txt

The batch file looks like:

dir /B /S d:\test\*.* >> fileList.lst

"c:\programe files\7-zip\7z" a -tzip test.zip @fileList.lst

Any idea to solve the problem?

Thanks,

petal

[BGM]

well.. what you are doing there is just listing out the file names and adding them to a zip file..

you need to zip the root directory instead of adding individual files

i don't have 7zip to hand but perhaps try something like..

"c:\programe files\7-zip\7z" a -tzip test.zip "d:\test"

not 100% sure though ;)

[petal]

Thanks BGM!

It works with your suggestion! :p

[BGM]

  petal said:

Thanks BGM!

It works with your suggestion! :p

yay, glad it worked :)

[JTech26]

I am also receiving a duplicate file error -

Originally, an archive was created with these syntax parameters to archive my documents and settings folder each day and update any files that have changed to a slaved D drive:

7z u -tzip D:\DocumentsAndSettings.zip "C:\Documents and Settings"

The archive was created. I then wanted to clean the archive file using an exclusion list of file types and directories. This is the syntax I used:

7z d D:\DocumentsAndSettings.zip -ir@C:\exclude\exclude.txt

This was the contents of my exclusion list:

"Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\Temp\*"

"Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*"

*.bak

*.tmp

*.mp3

*.wav

*.mov

*.avi

*.mpg

*.url

After attempting to clean the archive file using my exclusion list, I get the duplicate file name error. The error reports back with 2 file names with the same names and identical creation dates placed in the same directories in the archive file. There is only 1 file on disk. How did 7zip place identical files in the same directory?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!