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What is the commandline to zip a file using Winrar, and then move it to a particular folder?

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7-zip ref: superuser.com/questions/5886/… – nik Nov 1 at 3:58

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WinRAR cannot be used from the command line, use RAR instead.

rar.exe (unlike WinRAR) cannot be used to create a zip archive.

for all possible RAR commands and switches refer to help (rar /?)

but here's how to use zip and unzip on the windows command line.

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As an alternative you can use 7-zip which, on the command line, can be used to create ZIP archives. As well as Rar, 7z, etc. – Johannes Rössel Nov 1 at 1:40
+1 for the link to zip.exe and unzip.exe (those Infozip versions need our support). – pavium Nov 1 at 5:54
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Though I found no documentation for it, I did manage to use winrar from the command line. I used the following syntax:

winrar a archiveName file1 file2 ....

to create an archive, and

winrar x archiveName

to extract the files from it in the current directory.

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yes, you can use winrar.exe from the command line with most but not ALL switches and options available to rar.exe – Molly7244 Dec 15 at 17:43

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