Have a process which runs nightly to automatically zip old files?

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Published on 2011-01-10T17:22:01Z Indexed on 2011/01/10 17:55 UTC
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I have a file share, and I want a process which enumerates files on that share and automatically creates a 7z self-extracting exe of files over 1 month old. On a different share, I want to create a 7z self-extracting exe of directories that are over 1 month old. Any idea if there is a program which can do this? I already have

7z a -t7z -mx9 -sfx filename.exe filename.txt

Portion of it, just need more of the auto-management portion.

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