Batch file script to zip files

for /d %%a in (*) do (ECHO zip -r -p "%%~na.zip" ".\%%a\*")

should work from within a batch.

Note that I've included an ECHO to simply SHOW the command that is proposed. You'd need to remove the ECHO keywor to EXECUTE the commands.


No external dependency on 7zip or ZIP - create a vbs script and execute:

    @ECHO Zipping
    mkdir %TEMPDIR%
    xcopy /y /s %FILETOZIP% %TEMPDIR%
    echo Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments > _zipIt.vbs
    echo InputFolder = objArgs(0) >> _zipIt.vbs
    echo ZipFile = objArgs(1) >> _zipIt.vbs
    echo CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").CreateTextFile(ZipFile, True).Write "PK" ^& Chr(5) ^& Chr(6) ^& String(18, vbNullChar) >> _zipIt.vbs
    echo Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") >> _zipIt.vbs
    echo Set source = objShell.NameSpace(InputFolder).Items >> _zipIt.vbs
    echo objShell.NameSpace(ZipFile).CopyHere(source) >> _zipIt.vbs
    @ECHO *******************************************
    @ECHO Zipping, please wait..
    echo wScript.Sleep 12000 >> _zipIt.vbs
    CScript  _zipIt.vbs  %TEMPDIR%  %OUTPUTZIP%
    del _zipIt.vbs
    rmdir /s /q  %TEMPDIR%

    @ECHO *******************************************
    @ECHO      ZIP Completed

I know its too late but if you still wanna try

for /d %%X in (*) do (for /d %%a in (%%X) do ( "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -tzip "%%X.zip" ".\%%a\" ))

here * is the current folder. for more options try this link