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Is it possible to do a dry run with Zip command line or GUI?

2019-04-08
2023-08-09
  • Luca Barbetti

    Luca Barbetti - 2019-04-08

    I have been searching and reading for hours but I haven't been able to find a solution to my problem:
    I need to know what would be the size of the zipped file in advance (and possibly check for errors as well), before or without actually zipping anything.
    I have the latest 7-Zip release on an updated Windows 10 machine.
    Thank you

     
  • Igor Pavlov

    Igor Pavlov - 2019-04-08

    No way now

     
    • Luca Barbetti

      Luca Barbetti - 2019-04-08

      Ok, Igor, thanks for your reply :)

       
  • David Roxburgh

    David Roxburgh - 2023-08-09

    I also need a dry-run feature, not to see the final archive size but just to see what files will be included.
    This is particularly useful with large archives which take a long time to run - so you can tweak the include and exclude list before starting a real run.
    Is there any way to achieve that?
    Thanks.

     
  • David Roxburgh

    David Roxburgh - 2023-08-09

    I also need a dry-run feature, not to see the final archive size but just to see what files will be included.
    This is particularly useful with large archives which take a long time to run - so you can tweak the include and exclude list before starting a real run.
    Is there any way to achieve that?
    Thanks.

     
  • Igor Pavlov

    Igor Pavlov - 2023-08-09

    you can try hash command instead of "add" command

    7z a mx1.7z -mx1 c:\folder\
    7z h c:\folder\
    
     

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