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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)
-r (Recurse subdirectories) switch
Specifies the method of treating wildcards and filenames on the command line.
Syntax
-r[- | 0]
| Switch | Description |
|---|---|
| -r | Enable recurse subdirectories. |
| -r- | Disable recurse subdirectories. This option is default for all commands. |
| -r0 | Enable recurse subdirectories only for wildcard names. |
Examples
7z l archive.zip *.doc -r-
lists all *.doc files that belong to the archived root directory in the archive.zip archive.
7z a -tzip archive.zip -r src*.cpp src*.h
adds all *.cpp and *.h files from directory src and all it's subdirectories to the archive.zip archive.
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: -i (Include), -x (Exclude)