Questions tagged [7-zip]
7-Zip is an open source file compression and archiving application
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Recursively unzip files where they reside, then delete the archives
I goofed up a setting on the backup software I use. Normally I would have the files from a network share get loaded into a spare drive, compressed into zip folders, then sent off to the offsite hub.
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Extract files with umlaut in 7zip file created under windows to Linux
I want to extract a large backup of my hard drive compressed with 7zip under Windows to my Debian Wheezy installation. I'm using the following command line:
7z x -pmypasswordhere file.7z
If there's ...
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7zip archive is too large when using -x
I am compressing a dir into a zip, and use several -x switches.
7z a -tzip -x!.\test1.gadget\.git\* -x!.\test1.gadget\.gitignore test1.zip .\test1.gadget\*
7-Zip [64] 9.22 beta Copyright (c) ...
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7z getting an event not found error in command line
I am using 7zip on my centos machine and ziping a file via command line.
This is my syntax
7za a -t7z backup.7z public_html\ -mx0 -xr!restricted_area
What i'm expecting with this syntax is to ...
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7zip filename encoding problems
I have problems extracting files from 7zip archive with non-ascii symbols in filenames.
I have identical versions of 7z on two computers, which differ only by the system locale. If I compress on one ...
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Specify archive-to directory in 7z
I'm running 7z a from the command line and wish to specify the directory which the archive .7z file is to be in. I don't see, from the man page, a way to do this (and -o and -w don't do it). Is there ...
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How to open big tar.gz file
I created a big tar.gz file, following this guide. It is a daily backup file.
My computer has 3 GB of RAM and is running Windows 7. My biggest archive is 183 GB, containing pictures and documents.
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Is it possible to recursively list zip file contents with 7 zip without extracting
Similar to this question I have a very large zip file which contains other zip files, folders, and files. I want to use 7-zip to extract a list of file names from it, recursing into subfolders and zip ...
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Automatically extracting text files via commandline and combining them into a single text file
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I'm trying to automate a process on my computer and having some difficulty. Each day, I'm emailed a zip file that contains a txt file. I have a script in place that ...
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How to archive using the shell extension and still exclude files with 7zip?
How can I exclude files from archiving in 7-zip's "Add to Archive" dialogue? I know how to do this from the command line, but it doesn't seem possible from the "Add to Archive" dialogue.
I thought ...
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How do I use 7-zip AND from SPECIFIC folder backup only the config.xml files
I have a Jenkins Server which I want to Backup using 7-zip.
I want to backup the full C:\JENKINS with all the sub directories with only one exception. The exception is that from the JOBS folder I ...
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how to "preserve internal directory structure" when unzipping on windows?
I'm tring to build boost, in instructions I've read
When you extract the library from its zip file, you must preserve its internal directory structure (for example by using the -d option when ...
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7zip update split archive [duplicate]
I am using the gui
So I have a split archive in format
archive.7z.01
archive.7z.02
archive.7z.03
I want to update them to match the folder being compressed but I get the error "The file exists"
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7-Zip not working from the DOS prompt or command line?
I have 7-Zip installed, and it works from Windows, but not from the DOS prompt or command line:
7z e max_logs_can_messages.tgz
Yields:
'7z' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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Can I get the black and white 7zip filetype icons back?
I've been using 7-zip for a long time. Any archive that 7-zip recognizes was given a black and white [7z] icon. I just switched from Win7 32 bit to Win7 64 bit, and when I reinstalled 7-zip all of ...
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How to zip multiple folders in 7zip?
I have a folder, lets say, MAIN. Inside this folder, there are many folders(say f1,f2,f2...) which has subfolders and files in them. Now I need to zip these folders(f1,f2,f3...) and their contents (...
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How do you register the 7-Zip GUI program with the .7z extension in Windows?
For whatever reason, the 64-bit Windows Installer doesn't seem to register the .7z file extension with the 7-Zip GUI (or with anything, as far as I can tell).
How do I go about doing it. A simple "...
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Automatically extract and rename extracted file according to archive's name
I have a bunch of zip files in a folder. Each zip file has a file in it named exp_1.txt. I would like to unzip each zip file and rename the extracted file from each zip file to what the zip file was ...
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Create an archieve with current date and time in file name using 7z command line
Today I lost my whole Far Cry 3 save game suddenly. So now I want to backup it's save game folder automatically on a certain period of time using windows task scheduling.
I want to include date and ...
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How do I zip a folder with 7-zip but not subfolders of that folder?
For instance, if I wanted to zip everything in My Documents, but not subfolders in My Documents, and I also did not know the name of each subfolder.
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Extracting a Zip file with Japanese characters in the archive’s filenames?
I'm trying to extract files from a zip file on Windows 7. The filenames are in Japanese, but they just look like éñé▀é─é±é─ü[é╓é┐éσèGòùé▄é╟é⌐üÖâ}âMâJâZâbâg20110423. They include a 3D model file and it'...
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Windows 7 Explorer Preview Pane for zip files
I was wondering if there is a possibility to add .zip file to the explorer preview pane (Windows 7 64 Bit). For example if a folder contains a .zip file i would like to see the content of the .zip ...
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How can I install 7zip so I can run it from Terminal on OS X
I would like to be able to run 7zip from the command line on Mac. Does anyone have instructions on how to set this up?
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How do I archive with subdirectories using the 7-Zip command line? Or, how do I KEEP the folder structure while archiving?
I have a bunch of files like this:
C:\G\G1\35antique-shop.mp3
C:\G\G2\35antique-shop.mp3
C:\G\G1\09saguri.mp3
C:\G\G2\09saguri.mp3
I just want to know how to keep the folder structure while ...
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How to use 7z with variables inside a linux script?
For example:
7za e -y $file_name -o$dest_directory
This works fine, when run directly from command line, but within the script it gives this error:
could not find archive (No archive by that ...
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Incremental backup with 7zip
I have googled and searched, but can't find the command that 7zip command line utility uses for making incremental backups. So can someone please share the command ?
Thanks
btw I found this link: ...
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7-zip files on Linux with AES-256 encryption
I have a requirement to zip up some files in Linux with 7zip using AES-256 encryption. The end user will be opening in Windows with 7zip. I'm using the following command:
7za a myfile.zip test.txt -...
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7-zip not in Explorer++ context menu
I use both 7-zip and Explorer++ quite a bit, but I can't seem to get Explorer++ to show the context menu items for 7-zip, like the Windows Explorer does? Am I missing something?
In Windows Explorer ...
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7zip command line - extract all files in a folder except *.exe
I am using the command:
7z.exe x -y -o<dir> <archive dir> * -aoa -r
to extract all archives that are located in the archive directory.
I am running into a problem where exe files that ...
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7zip command line options for more information when synchronizing
In the 7zip command line options, is there some argument that can make 7z output the files ignored/deleted from the archive too? (files ignored by the option -uq0)
Example call:
"C:\Program Files\7-...
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7-zip alternative for mac os (that allows editing within the zip)
I've been using 7-zip in Windows, and looking for its alternative for Mac OS.
Various tools I tried able to open/archive/extract, but I can't update it within the tool itself, like dragging and drop ...
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Let 7Zip install in same directory without subdirectory
When using 7Zip to extract a zip file, it always creates a subdirectory I want to avoid to create.
The zip file:
C:\Test.zip
The content files in zip file:
`ReadMe.txt`
The Commandline:
x "C:\...
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7zip - How to overwrite a existing file? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I overwrite an existing file in 7zip?
I'm trying this:
7za.exe a "C:\Disc.7z" "C:\test" -v20000000b -m0=BCJ -bd
But if I already have created the file "C:\Disc.7z" ...
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How can I overwrite an existing file in 7zip?
I'm trying this:
7za.exe a "C:\Disc.7z" "C:\test" -v20000000b -m0=BCJ -bd
But if I already have created the file C:\Disc.7z then 7zip doesn't compress anything and sends me this output:
System ...
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Why should I prefer 7zip over WinZip in Windows environment? [closed]
I know Winzip is not free and 7-zip is free . Other than this is there any reason why I should use 7ZIP over Winzip for compression ? I am using Windows 7 .
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Unpack NSIS executable
I am trying to decompress a NSIS executable. With the GUI version of 7zip I am able to do this and the exe is listed as:
Type = Nsis
Method = LZMA:25
Solid = +
With the command line version 7za I ...
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Is SecureZip compatible with any other ZIP programs?
I put some files into an encrypted archive with Secure Zip (was using a computer at another organization) and emailed them to some people. None of them have Secure Zip (nor do I on any of my own ...
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Synchronizing files using 7-Zip and the CLI
On the command line, 7-Zip has the command 'a' to "Add files to archive". But I want to synchronise the files instead. This is one of the main options in the GUI, but the CLI has disregarded it for ...
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How to rename and extract all file?
Looking for a .bat to rename and extract all.
The folder is d:\EJ\%dd%-%mm%-%yyyy%\ (multiple files)
K02699_ej.zip
K02702_ej.zip
K02703_ej.zip
K02704_ej.zip
K02705_ej.zip
Rename to
K02699.zip
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How to write error status for command line 7-zip in variable (or, instead, in text file)
I use 7-zip (in my batch files) to pack some directory and send archive by email. When I use some file in this directory at the same time the batch file is running (I start the batch files with Task ...
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Split zip archive containing folders now contains "corrupt" zip archive
I zipped and split two folders with 7zip, so I got File.zip.001 to File.zip.010.
I renamed them to Foo.zip.001 to Foo.zip.010, and if I open them now, they only contain a "Foo.zip" file. Upon ...
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7-zip cannot open file on double click
I have installed 7-Zip on my machine and associated it with serveral archive file types.
When double clicking an archive (so far I have tried .zip, .7z and .bz2 files), a message box pops up telling ...
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Read only attribute of folders can't be removed
I have a ZIP file containing an Eclipse workspace. When I unzip it, all the extracted folders have read only attribute set to true. When I uncheck "read only" in properties dialog and click ...
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pfSense iso.gz doesn't seem to be a compressed iso image
I downloaded the latest pfSense ISO (pfSense-2.0.1-RELEASE-i386.iso.gz) and had 7zip extract it, but it just shows me the disk contents. I cannot extract the actual ISO file to burn it with the boot ...
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Compressing bigger than 1GB files seems not to work
I tried my best to compress some videos, about 1.4GB each. I tried to compress them separately, "tarring" (using tar) them and then compress, everything.
I'm on OS X Lion and I did try the ...
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How to extract and erase the original compressed file on Windows 7?
Given a compressed file, how can I extract the file contents and erase the original compressed file?
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Can you fix a corrupted 7z file?
So, I had a cd, with a scratch on it. The cd contained a 7z file. When I try to copy the file it gave me an error, so I used corrupted disk repair fixer and I managed to open the 7z, and view the ...
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7Zip add string to zip name
I have a 7zip command line process that zips by date and its works well. The command creates a zip file with date IE 20121019.zip. However Id like to add a string to the file name. for example ...
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How do I add files from a directory to a .zip-File using the 7zip command line?
I am using the 7zip command line to zip-up files. How can I add all files and subdirectorys from a folder to a zip file (.jar archive file)? I used:
7zip.exe a -t7z file.zip C:\folder
Thank you.
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7-Zip: Create a zip file from a subdirectory, with the same name as the subdirectory itself
I have a unique situation where I need the following folder structure (Windows)
X:\LOGS\PRIMARY\YEARMONTHDAY
e.g.,
X:\LOGS\HS\20121010
Folders are created every morning.
Essentially I'd like to ...
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