unzip file from t sql cmd line

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unzip file from t sql cmd line

dallas13

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July 12, 2016 at 1:27 pm

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Hi I am getting incorrect command line error when I type this code,
DECLARE @Result int
DECLARE @cmd varchar(200)
set @cmd = '"\\localhost\7-Zip\7z.exe" C:\test\servername_dbzip_testdb-20160712.zip c:\test\dumps'
print @cmd
EXEC @Result = xp_cmdshell @cmd

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 1

What error are you getting?

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 247158 More actions · Answer 2

Is your server really called 'localhost'? I know that works for default SQL Server instances, but I'm not sure about UNC paths.

dallas13 SSCertifiable Points: 7491 More actions · Answer 3

Here is the error message:-

NULL

Error:

Incorrect command line

NULL

dallas13 SSCertifiable Points: 7491 More actions · Answer 4

yeah when I type \\localhost in windows explorer and because I have shared 7-zip folder, I can browse this path and its my local machine where I am admin

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 5

Have you tried running the command in the command-prompt directly? As opposed to through xp_cmdshell, I mean.

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 247158 More actions · Answer 6

You have not included 'e' (Extract). See info here.

Gus is right: make it work natively first, then plug into T-SQL.

dallas13 SSCertifiable Points: 7491 More actions · Answer 7

Thanks Phil and GsSquad it worked, When I added some switches.

set @cmd = '\\localhost\7-Zip\7z e C:\test\servername_dbzip_testdb-20160712.zip -oc:\test\dumps *.bak -y'

unzip file from t sql cmd line

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