Includes don't work

[johny why]

I want to have two includes.

The following commands zip ALL files in the source dir -- not limited to xlsm files.

7z a -mx1 -r -tzip -ir!*.xlsm "C:\Data\Updated\Target.zip" "C:\Data\Target"

7z a -tzip -mx1 -r "C:\Data\Updated\Target.zip" "C:\Data\Target\" *.xlsm

The following 2-include switch fails -- all types are zipped.

7z a -mx1 -r -tzip -i!"*.xlsm" -i!"*.xlsb" "C:\Data\Updated\Target.zip" "C:\Data\Target"

i had to do it this way:

7z a -tzip -mx1 -r "C:\Data\Updated\Target.zip" "C:\Data\Target\*.xlsm" "C:\Data\Target\*.xlsb"

The top-level folder is lost, however.

[Igor Pavlov]

It's simpler to do with cd command:

cd /D C:\Data\
... -r Target\*.xlsm

[johny why]

hi there

i don't understand. Change to the parent directory of the source and target? Execute 7z twice? Why don't you show path to the zip?

cd /D C:\Data
7z a -tzip -mx1 -r "C:\Data\Updated\Target.zip" "Target\*.xlsb"
7z a -tzip -mx1 -r "C:\Data\Updated\Target.zip" "Target\*.xlsm"

Does the include switch work in some way?

thx

[Igor Pavlov]

"Target\*.xlsb"  "Target\*.xlsm"

[johny why]

Yes, as i showed above -- include both paths, at least the parent folder. i used absolute paths, and you used relative.

It seems this method excludes the parent folder from the archive. You only get everything under Target.
Correct?

The same command with one single path or pattern will include the parent folder. The same command with two paths will exclude the parent folder.

This seems like an inconsistency.