How can I delete a folder in a 7z archive for 4000 files easily ?

[YouuSbiii]

Hi !

First of all, thx for all the work everybody put in Hyperspin it's so great ...

Hope I post in the right section !

I have a little question. I have a romset which have a little problem, all roms are in folder in each 7z file.

Example :

A rom named "blablablabla (USA).7z" contain a folder named blablablabla and this folder have the blablablabla.bla file

I have around 3000 files with the same problem.

Is there a known way to speed the thing up or will I have to make the thing one by one ?

Thx

[rfancella]

Hi !

First of all, thx for all the work everybody put in Hyperspin it's so great ...

Hope I post in the right section !

I have a little question. I have a romset which have a little problem, all roms are in folder in each 7z file.

Example :

A rom named "blablablabla (USA).7z" contain a folder named blablablabla and this folder have the blablablabla.bla file

I have around 3000 files with the same problem.

Is there a known way to speed the thing up or will I have to make the thing one by one ?

Thx

Hello and welcome to the forum!

I ran across that with one of the systems I setup.

I got around it by doing this:

File Name: Game Name.7z

Inside it was a folder called "Game Name".

Inside that folder was "Game Name.rom".

So, with WinRAR, if I extract the file as is, it creates the directory with the rom inside it.

That's all good.

I highlighted all the files, right-clicked and selected Extract Here.

Now, be sure they are all in individual folders like this:

\Game Name1\Game Name1.rom

\Game Name2\Game Name2.rom

etc...

If this is correct, move or delete all the original Game Name.7z files so you only have the individual directories.

I then wrote a batch file to change directory into each. 7z the contents of each directory name "Game Name".

Then move the 7z file up one directory.

@echo off
set zip="C:\HyperSpin\HyperLaunch\Module Extensions\7z.exe"
for /D %%f in (*) do (
cd %%f
echo %%f
dir
%zip% a "%%f.7z" *.*
move "%%f.7z" ..
cd ..
)

WARN - Batch files can be dangerous if you are not 100% correct with them.

Create a file called "zipandmove.cmd" and past the above into it.

You have to edit the second line to point to the correct path.

Save it and put it in the directory with all the extracted directories.

Run the batch file and you should now have "Game Name.7z" for each rom with no directories.

If this is correct, delete all the directories so you just have the 7z files.

I hope I understood your question and explained it ok.

If this is un-clear, let me know and i'll do some screen shots.

Thanks,

Ron

[YouuSbiii]

I will try your method on one example and I will apply it to everything if it works well Thx !

[YouuSbiii]

THX a lot, your script works like a charm ! I just need a lot of free space, but it's cool

[rfancella]

THX a lot, your script works like a charm ! I just need a lot of free space, but it's cool

Glad to have helped.

Thanks,

Ron