command line file compression

As far as I know, there is not a way to compress a directory into a
single file via the command line in Windows XP. Is there a way to do
this in Windows Vista?

"yawnmoth" <> wrote in message
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> As far as I know, there is not a way to compress a directory into a
> single file via the command line in Windows XP. Is there a way to do
> this in Windows Vista?
>



There are addons for WinZip and WinRAR for command line.

WinZip addon:
http://www.winzip.com/prodpagecl.htm

WinRAR addon:
http://home.arcor.de/lightsky/win2rar/

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "yawnmoth" <> wrote in message
> news: ps.com...
>> As far as I know, there is not a way to compress a directory into a
>> single file via the command line in Windows XP. Is there a way to do
>> this in Windows Vista?
>>
>
>
>
> There are addons for WinZip and WinRAR for command line.
>
> WinZip addon:
> http://www.winzip.com/prodpagecl.htm
>
> WinRAR addon:
> http://home.arcor.de/lightsky/win2rar/
>


Oh there is a Z-Zip one as well, and that is freeware.
http://www.7-zip.org/

ss.

"yawnmoth" <> wrote in message
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> As far as I know, there is not a way to compress a directory into a
> single file via the command line in Windows XP. Is there a way to do
> this in Windows Vista?
>


Also have a look at some of the unix ports

eg

GNU utilities for Win32
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

eg zip, gzip etc


--
Jon