ArchiveCmd is a command line utility that can be used to archive or delete old files. ArchiveCMD requires the .NET Framework 3.5 be installed on the machine.
The price for ArchiveCMD is just $10.00 (US). At the bottom of this page are buttons to Download an evaluation copy of the software or Purchase the software. The evaluation software is fully functional, but will only process five files per run. This should allow for an adequate evaluation of the software.
One license of ArchiveCMD is required for each computer that will have the software installed.
The table below shows all of the command line parameters that can be utilized to customize the work of ArchiveCMD.
Version 2.0.3 just released - now supporting compression of the destination archive, the ability to exclude files and folders, and the ability to process read only, hidden and system files.
| Command Line Parameters: |
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OPTION |
DEFAULT |
DESCRIPTION |
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Process |
NONE |
Verb specifying what to do. Valid values are DELETE and ARCHIVE. This must be the first parameter. |
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/E |
FILES |
Instructs the program what to examine - FILES or FOLDERS. This determines which items will be examined and deleted / archived. If folders are specified, all subfolders and files will be deleted or archived. |
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/V |
FALSE |
Optional paremeter specifying verbose output. |
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/F Folder |
NONE |
Folder name to process. |
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/S |
FALSE |
Enables scanning sub folders - not valid when /E is set to FOLDERS |
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/SM |
FALSE |
Will output work that would be done, but nothing will be done. |
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/OT <int> |
10,000 |
Used to specify older than - i.e. delete or archive files older than <int> days |
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/FS <spec> |
*.* |
Used to specify what files to process - all other files will be ignored |
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/C |
FALSE |
Used to categorize files by Date/Time. Only used when archiving files. |
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/O |
FALSE |
Overwrite files with the same name in the archive folder. |
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/AF Folder |
NONE |
Folder name to move archived files to if Archive is selected for the process. If the folder does not exist, it will be created. |
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/CF <File> |
NONE |
Command file. Specify multiple commands to the program, seperating each command line on a new line in the text file. |
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/DEF |
FALSE |
Delete empty folders. If all files and subfolders are empty, delete the folder. |
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/7Z |
FALSE |
When archiving files, eash destination file is compressed using 7zip compression. |
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/COMPLEVEL |
2 |
The compression level when using 7zip. Valid numbers are 1-6, with 1 being no compression and 6 being 7zip ultra compression. The higher the compression, the slower the compression. |
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/XF |
None |
File spec of files to exclude. Multiple /XF command can be specified to exclude multiple file types. |
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/XD |
None |
Directory spec of direcotries to exclude. Multiple /XD command can be specified to exclude multiple directories. |
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/HID |
FALSE |
Process source files, even if they have the hidden attribute |
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/RO |
FALSE |
Process source files, even if they have the read only attribute |
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/SYS |
FALSE |
Process source files, even if they have the system attribute |
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