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~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Tue, 22 Nov 2005,
@ @ at 23:33:39 +0000, when MFPA wrote:
> Thanks, Mica.
You're welcome.
> If I understand correctly, this is a lot faster by using pkzip instead
> of 7-zip and also saves a little time by creating a single backup
> rather than rotating "Grandfather,Father, Son" backups.
> Is this correct?
The practice approves it. (-: We need just tree (or even two, if the
Mail folder is at the "default" position, as sub-folder of TB folder)
commands and we do not need any "rotation", because in this command...
pkzip -rPu -whs "v:\bkup\thebat.zip" "x:\TheBat\*.*"
...the "r" does the "recursive" packing (including all sub-directories),
"P" stores paths (of each file) specified and "recursed" into recurse
sub-directories (if you have to unpack e.g. just one file it will be
unpacked with its full path so that you will know where a 'Messages.tbb'
file is coming from exactly: its account, folder etc.), "u" updates
files (replacing just with newer ones the older ones, and mangling not
with unchanged ones), "whs" includes hidden and system files (so nothing
will be omitted if we have such files too; I do have them for instance,
giving descriptions to some files/folders, which descriptions then are
placed in 'descript.ion' files, which are hidden by default) -- so
really everything we need is included just in few bytes of such a
command, and nothing is omitted/neglected.
Now, such/this approach is faster 1) by itself, and 2) pkzip is faster
than 7-zip additionally (for about 4-5 times).
Here you have a small comparison (look at the time needed)...
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pkzip
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Yes dear... [05-11-23 14:52:39,11] |
X:\>pkzip -u -P -r -whs "j:\Mail-Z.zip" "x:\Mail\*.*"
... working ...
Yes dear... [05-11-23 14:55:52,86]
X:\>
7-zip
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Yes dear... [05-11-23 15:13:04,79] |
X:\>7z u -r -tzip "j:\Mail-7.zip" "Mail\*.*"
... working ...
Yes dear... [05-11-23 15:23:33,73]
X:\>
They've been packing this...
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x:\MAIL |
Total space occupied:
312.059.354 bytes in 963 file(s),
in 390 directories
Mail-7.zip 78.757.931 7-zip
Mail.zip 79.942.910 pkzip
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Just bear in mind that not all versions of pkzip will preserve "long
file names" in XP. (-: This above is done in XP(ee) but with the pkzip
v6.0 (www.pkware.com "PKZIP(R) 6.00 FAST! Command Translation Utility
for Windows"). You might substitute it with Arj32 (ARJ Software) too,
but the time will be about 6-7 minutes (for the same files), somewhere
between pkzip and 7-zip.
Commands for Arj32 will be then...
arj32 a -r -u "j:\Mail-Z.arj" "x:\Mail\*.*"
...and for pkzip v6.0...
pkzip -u -P -r -whs "j:\Mail-Z.zip" "x:\Mail\*.*"
- --
Mica
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