EDSzip

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 19 February 2019
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NAME

EDSzip - compress (zip) files to file.<TODAY>.zip

 

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/bin/EDSzip [ -h | -i | -u | -V ]

EDSzip [ -n ] name...

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

 

DESCRIPTION

create a *.zip file of a directory and the files therein by default without including some temporary files and files located in the directories _old and _alt. Also a confidentially comment is added to the *.zip file.

The confidentially comment is:

 ***
 ***
 ***  COMPRESSED DATA ARCHIVE
 ***
 ***  Company .. : <Company>
 ***  File ..... : <zipfile>
 ***  Created .. : <Timedat>
 ***  User ..... : <USERNAME>
 ***  Host ..... : <COMPUTERNAME>
 ***
 ***  This archive contains information which is  confidential and  may be
 ***  privileged. Unless you are the intended  addressee  or authorized to
 ***  receive for the addressee you may not use, forward, copy or disclose
 ***  to anyone this archive or any information contained in this archive.
 ***  If you have received this archive in error, please advise the sender
 ***  by reply email immediately and delete this archive.
 ***
 ***

The two lines

 ***  User ..... : <USERNAME>
 ***  Host ..... : <COMPUTERNAME>

can be disabled by setting PERSONALINFO=False in the configuration file etc/EDSzip.cfg.

 

OPTIONS

-h
usage message.

-i
install the EDSzip command as two menu points to the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer' one respecting the excludes, one without respecting the excludes.

-u
uninstall the EDSzip shortcuts from the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-V
print program version.

-n
noexclude; ignore the excludes set by default or specified in edszip.cfg. When using this option, therefore all files are packed into the generated *.zip file.

name...
list of files and/or directories to create and include it into the *.zip file. When installed in the 'Send To' menu the selected file(s)/directories in 'Windows Explorer' are passed as a list of to the EDSzip command.

 

ENVIRONMENT

-

 

EXIT STATUS

0
no error.

4
usage message displayed.

5
version message displayed.

 

FILES

etc/EDSzip.cfg
optional configuration file of EDSzip. See: edszip.cfg(4) for more information.

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

wintoolsintro(1), edszip.cfg(4), config(1m), unzip(3), zip(3)

 

NOTES

-

 

BUGS

-

 

AUTHOR

EDSzip was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Christian Walther

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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