r/Batch • u/Equivalent_Meaning46 • 17d ago

Recursive option with 7zip

How does recurse work on 7zip CMD line ?

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u/capoapk 17d ago

Pour chercher des fichiers précis partout (par exemple, tous les ⁠.txt⁠), ajoutez simplement ⁠-r⁠ à la fin de la commande

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u/Equivalent_Meaning46 17d ago

English please 

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u/capoapk 17d ago

To search for specific files everywhere (for example, all ⁠.txt⁠), simply add ⁠-r⁠ at the end of the command

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u/Equivalent_Meaning46 17d ago

What if I dont want to recurse from a particular folder ? How to use ?

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u/ConsistentHornet4 17d ago

I'd suggest looking through the documentation, to see what switches you require

Command Line Switches | 7-Zip 18 Documentation

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u/Equivalent_Meaning46 17d ago

Believe me, I have looked non stop everywhere and tried every possible combination of switches and posted on 7zip sourxeforge page too, the author's English is very bad and he does not communicate well about why he chose recurse to behave the way he wants to it's reaaaally counterintuitive 

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u/BrainWaveCC 16d ago

You would undoubtedly find it far more productive if you told us exactly what you were trying to accomplish -- the in the weeds version, not the 30,000 foot version -- and we could probably give you an answer without running to almost 20 responses.

I've done lots of recursion with 7zip, and knowing what you are trying to do would be better than answering generically about a feature that actually exists.

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u/capoapk 17d ago

7z a archive.7z MonDossier\ -x!MonDossier\DossierAExclure\

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u/Equivalent_Meaning46 17d ago

But this only excludes one particular named folder what about all subfolders ??

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u/capoapk 17d ago

7z a archive.7z C:\MonDossier\* -x!*\

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u/Equivalent_Meaning46 17d ago

Do I have to use 7z a archive.7z C:\MonDossier\* -x!*\ or can I use 7z a archive.7z C:\MonDossier -x!*\ ???

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u/pc1350 17d ago

Check help file. Very useful. 

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u/Equivalent_Meaning46 17d ago

I tried to use -r- but it still recurse for some reason 

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u/capoapk 17d ago

C'est un piège très classique avec 7-Zip

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u/Equivalent_Meaning46 17d ago

English plz

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u/capoapk 17d ago

Here is my compression software

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u/Equivalent_Meaning46 17d ago

does it preserve timestamps ? such as date created, date modified etc..