Report All Files Hierarchically on a Zip-of-Zip Files from the Command-Line Interface

Question

I have a WinZip parent file that contains hundreds of WinZip child files on a Windows 7 64-bit computer. Each child WinZip file has many "grandchild" files within it. I need to create a text file non-verbose report of all the exploded files: the child files, and the grandchildren files within each child.

Using the command-line (Version 4.0 64-bit [Build 10562]), one can create a text report of the children files, but not the embedded files within each child:

wzzip /vb MyFileFamily.zip > MyFileFamilyReport.txt

The WinZip tool or the command-line interface both offer ways to report the child files, but not the embedded files additionally. How do you create a full report of all the files within the zip-of-zips from the command-line?

Answer 1

OK.. just to help you out on this, I've found these 3 approaches

arkfind : You will need to install Python to run this, but seems to do exactly what you need.

This StackOverflow answer to a similar question. Runs on Linux/perl, so it might work as well with some little tweaks

And finally this SuperUser answer, needs PowerShell, and it uses 7-zip instead of WinZip, but I think it should be easy to change to your needs

I hope one of these helps you out