7-zip

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7-Zip is a free, open source, archiver capable of reading and compressing in a multitude of formats. By default, the 7-zip executables are not in the Windows path.

Example command line use

Creating an archive on the command line
c:\>7z a -r -tzip jonathan.zip <list of files>
  • 7z is the program name
  • a adds to archive
  • -r recurses down directories
  • -tzip chooses the zip archive type note no space between -t and the type
  • jonathan.zip the archive name
  • <list of files> the paths to files / directories
Updating an existing archive on the command line
c:\>7z u -r -tzip jonathan.zip <list of files>
  • 7z is the program name
  • u updates an existing archive
  • -r recurses down directories
  • -tzip chooses the zip archive type note no space between -t and the type
  • jonathan.zip the archive name
  • <list of files> the paths to files / directories
Viewing 7zip help on the command line
c:\>7z --help
  • Shows the 7-zip help

See Also

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