7-Zip 4.65 Online Manual
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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)
Exit Codes from 7-Zip
7-Zip returns the following exit codes:
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | No error |
| 1 | Warning (Non fatal error(s)). For example, one or more files were locked by some other application, so they were not compressed. |
| 2 | Fatal error |
| 7 | Command line error |
| 8 | Not enough memory for operation |
| 255 | User stopped the process |