-i (Include filenames) switch

Specifies additional include filenames and wildcards.

Multiple include switches are supported.

Syntax

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-i[<recurse_type>]<file_ref>

<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]
<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}

Parameters

<recurse_type>

Specifies how wildcards and file names in this switch must be used. If this option is not given, then the global value, assigned by the -r (Recurse) switch will be used. For more details see specification of the -r (Recurse) switch.

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<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]

<file_ref>

Specifies filenames and wildcards, or a list file, for files to be processed.

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<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}

Option	Description
{listfile}	Specifies name of list file. See List file description.
{wildcard}	Specifies wildcard or filename.

Examples

7z a -tzip src.zip *.txt -ir!DIR1*.cpp

adds to src.zip archive all *.txt files from current directory and all *.cpp files from directory DIR1 and from all it's subdirectories.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), d (Delete), e (Extract), l (List), t (Test), u (Update), x (Extract with full paths)

See also

Switches: -r (Recurse), -x (Exclude)