Hi John,
It's implicitely defined by using it in the FOR command:
FOR /R %%f in (ex*.log)
Whatever variable you use in the "FOR" is defined as the variable to hold
the directory items.
Best Regards
Andy Schmidt
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Fax: +1 201 934-9206
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What is defining %%f?
John T
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> Hi John,
>
> The FOR/DO will iterate through the directory listing using "ex*.log"
> and then perform a WINZIP for each item.
>
> The /R makes it recursive (meaning, including subfolders) - which is
> what you want.
>
> &&f is one item in the directory list (the path to one log file at a
time).
>
> ~ modifies an item from the directory list, specifically:
> ~dpn takes only the drive, path and filename (leave out the extension)
>
> So:
>
> %%~dpnF.zip
>
> means, take the directory item %%F, put use only the
> drive:/Path/Filename and append ".zip".
>
> In other words the Winzip command will look like that
>
> WINZIP -m -ex -Td01 c:\Path\exDDMMYY.log c:\Path\exDDMMYY.zip.
>
> for each of youu log files in all of your subfolders.
>
>
> Best Regards
> Andy Schmidt
>
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> Fax: +1 201 934-9206
>
>
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> > I just use the winzip command line tool every day to turn the 1 day
> > old "log" file into a "zip" file by the SAME name in the SAME
> > location. This way, you can simply move anything *.zip to a
> > different drive, while *.log are "current" log files.
> >
> > Here is the content of my Compress2DayOldLogs.cmd file:
> >
> > C:
> > CD "C:\WINNT\system32\LogFiles\"
> > FOR /R %%f in (ex*.log) do "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZzip.exe" -m
> > -ex
> -Td01
> > %%~dpnf.zip %%f
>
> OK, can some one please explain the logic of this line. This appears
> to be what I need to do. My understanding is that it is only calling
> the winzip command to a specific file name.
>
> John T
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