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Archiving app that can archive based on file attributes?

Apr 10, 2008 3:49AM PDT

I'm looking to clean up my hard drive by moving all old (> 1 year modified date) files to an archive (zip or rar). I want to retain the subdirectory strucutre of both the source folders and ar/destination. What FREE app would you recommend for this?

Thanks!

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SyncBack can do that...
Apr 10, 2008 11:25AM PDT
SyncBack 3.x can do that. Just click the Expert button at the bottom and then Check the "Compress the files in the destination into a ZIP file" box on the compression tab.

Hope this helps,
John
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thanks but
Apr 11, 2008 1:40AM PDT

Many thanks but that doesn't seem to be the functionality looking for - not a data driven look-up and move (delete on source)

BTW, when SyncBack copies files from one drive to another, it creates a new "Date Created" instead of retaining the file's original Date Create (which I want). Do you know how to fix that?

Thanks!

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How to fix that.
Apr 11, 2008 2:07AM PDT

Before syncback your CODE (not a ready to use app) would fetch all the file dates you want. After restore your CODE would call touch to touch the dates back to before.

I read your first post but it appears you will be creating this application since no one I knows seems to care about some of these dates.

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Customizing SyncBack...
Apr 11, 2008 3:12AM PDT

-> You can choose between "copy file to destination" and "delete file from source" on the Advanced tab.

-> Sorry, but I don't know of a utility that automatically maintains the date/time stamp when backing up to a compressed archive.

John