Windows AES syntax different path

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tomtom
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Windows AES syntax different path

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Aescrypt always encrypts files in the same directory but I'd like to encrypt file
from c:\test.exe
to d:\test.exe.aes
Is it possible?
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Re: Windows AES syntax different path

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If using the command-line version, you can specify the output file name using the -o option. The GUI version will only output in the same directory. That's purposefully done to make the program as easy to use as possible.
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Thanks for the quick response but there is a problem with the -o option
I will give an example:
aescrypt -e -p abc -o d:\*.aes c:\*.exe
Error opening output file d:\*.aes: Invalid argument
Do you have any idea how to solve it?
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You can't specify an output file using a wildcard. It needs to be a specific file name. For example, you can do this:

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aescrypt -d -o e:\foo.txt c:\foo.txt.aes
But the wildcard character "**" is not a valid output file name. Easiest way to do a bunch of files in a batch is to write a batch file to do that one at a time.
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Where could I find examples of such batch files?
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This is an example I threw together quickly. There might be a better way to do it, but I'm not a batch file guru.

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@echo off

rem
rem batchcrypt <password> <outputdir> <filenames>
rem

for %%F in (%3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9) do c:\"Program Files"\AESCrypt\aescrypt -e -p %1 -o %2\%%F.aes %%F
You would call this from the command-line like this:

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batchcrypt mypassword e:\outputdir *.doc
That would encrypt all *.doc files in the current directory, putting all the encrypted versions in e:\outputdir.
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Once again thank you very much for your quick reply and this great example, which is very useful to me. Is it possible to provide a password stored in a separate file?
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The Linux version can do that, but I've not ported it over to the Windows version. I intend to, but I've intended to for a year or more. So, don't expect it. :)

Seriously, I want to do that, but at the same time merge some of the code and clean things up in the process. And it's the latter that will require a bit of time to do right.
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