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General Information
- File Manager
- Command Line Version
- Syntax
- Exit Codes
- Commands
- Switches
- -- (Stop switches parsing)
- -ai (Include archive filenames) switch
- -an (Disable parsing of archive_name) switch
- -ao (Overwrite mode)
- -ax (Exclude archive filenames) switch
- -i (Include filenames)
- -m (Set Compression Method)
- -o (Set Output directory)
- -p (Set Password)
- -r (Recurse subdirectories)
- -scs (Set charset for list files)
- -seml (Send archive by email)
- -sfx (Create SFX archive)
- -si (Read data from StdIn)
- -so (Write data to StdOut)
- -slp (Set Large Pages mode)
- -slt (Show technical information)
- -ssc (Set Sensitive Case mode)
- -ssw (Compress files open for writing)
- -t (Set Type of archive)
- -u (Update options)
- -v (Create Volumes)
- -w (Set Working directory)
- -x (Exclude filenames)
-y (Assume Yes on all queries)
a (Add) command
Adds files to archive.
Examples
7z a -tzip archive.zip subdir
adds all files and subfolders from folder subdir to archive archive.zip.
7z a -t7z Files.7z *.txt -r
adds all *.txt files from current folder and its subfolders to archive Files.7z.
Switches that can be used with this command
-i (Include)
-m (Method)
-p (Set Password)
-r (Recurse)
-sfx (create SFX)
-si (use StdIn)
-so (use StdOut)
-ssw (Compress shared files)
-t (Type of archive)
-u (Update)
-v (Volumes)
-w (Working Dir)
-x (Exclude)
See also
Commands:
d (Delete),
u (Update)
Switches:
-u (Update)