I want to archive a folder, but I want to exlude all media files.
How do I leave out *.avi and *.flac when archiving?
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1Asked and Answered here also....superuser.com/questions/28162/…– MoabSep 7, 2010 at 22:24
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this page has lots of example and explanation of every param in each example. here: dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples . for people who wanna deep dive– bh_earth0Aug 28, 2018 at 11:37
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Only possible solution is to use the command-line version (it doesn't work in the GUI [Add to Archive] dialog):
7z.exe a Archive.7z C:\Folder\* -r -x!*.avi -x!*.flac
The "Parameters" input box in the GUI can only be used for compression parameters and cannot be used with standard command line parameters.
answered Sep 6, 2010 at 3:47
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6Note that you might need to add r for recursive so it will be -xr!*.avi– fedmichApr 21, 2014 at 0:00
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11If you use powershell make sure to wrap it quotes: "-x!*.config" I just lost half an hour over that!– ClementAug 6, 2014 at 23:43
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Just as reference, this is my batch file to backup my C# projects in folder "C:\prj": "C:Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a prj.7z "C:\prj*" -r -x!*.tmp -x!*.pdb -x!*.exe -x!*.dll pause Jun 14, 2016 at 2:01
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1Interestingly enough, -r in my case was needed so that the extensions were actually excluded, but did recurse subdirectories with or without -r– golimarFeb 8, 2017 at 18:01
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3@Clement in case of powerShell single quotes should be used. PS has ignored -x switch in double quotes like you said.
& $a7z a $archName $binpath $addfiles -m0=LZMA '-xr!*.config' '-xr!*.log'works like a charm for me– oleksaJun 2, 2017 at 8:30
Also
7za -bt -mx9 a archive.7z d:\backups\* -x!*.7z
and
7za -bt -mx9 a archive.7z d:\backups\*.* -x!*.7z
Created different result. The one with *.* seem to work.
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1@micsthepick is correct.
*.*means "must have extension, but the extension can be anything". See sevenzip.osdn.jp/chm/cmdline/syntax.htm Dec 1, 2022 at 22:09