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As somewhat a continuance from my post regarding the use 7-Zip as part of an overall backup solution therein also lies the need for a file retention strategy too.

If we simply allow the creation of daily or weekly backups to run unchecked then dependant upon the size of the archive, the frequency of the backup job and ultimately the amount of available disk space we reach some kind of threshold. This necessitates the need for a retention strategy.

When performing file compression most people instinctively refer to WinZip. Beginning with Microsoft Windows ME (who can forget that quality release!), the Windows Operating System included their own tool for file compression.

While these along with many others provide a means to an end they are all limited in one particular way or another. Enter 7-Zip!

While I myself have only been using 7-Zip for the past 2 to 3 years it has none the less been around since the latter part of 2001.

Quite some time ago I published on another site (http://www.teqhead.com) a flash-based tutorial on how to use TrueCrypt, the FREE open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.

While the version I based the how-to on is a few releases behind now, the principle and the general functionality all remain the same.

You can choose to view on line by going to the following link: http://www.poscribes.com/files/truecrypt.swf

Or you can choose to download the external application for viewing in your own time, at the bottom of this post or here.

Enjoy!

Dave

Here is a listing of the scripts and other items I have created.

Please feel free to download these FREE scripts and use them as appropriate. The only thing that I ask is that you leave the link back to this site for statistical purposes.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope the items below are as helpful to you as they were to me.

Enjoy!

7-Zip Help File
The 7-Zip help file containing all of the relevent syntax for use of 7-Zip at the command line.

Webalizer Log Merge Script
Script for combining numerous log files that have been rotated on a daily basis so that they may be parsed by the Webalizer Statistics Application to produce statistic reports.