I've just started using 7-Zip, so I'm probably doing something wrong, but I can't get it to zip up just one directory. I want to zip up c:\Users\bob, but it grabs c:\Users\photo\bob too. Here's the output from the command prompt:
Thanks Igor, removing the -r made it work as I wanted. However, (as with the comment from 'nobody') it makes me more confused than ever as to the function of -r and -r-.
When I use -r- to disable recursing of subdirectories, they are still added, eg.
I've just started using 7-Zip, so I'm probably doing something wrong, but I can't get it to zip up just one directory. I want to zip up c:\Users\bob, but it grabs c:\Users\photo\bob too. Here's the output from the command prompt:
--- start output ---
D:\blah>"d:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -tzip -r test.zip c:\Users\bob
7-Zip 4.12 beta Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Igor Pavlov 2004-11-18
Scanning
Updating archive test.zip
Compressing bob
Compressing bob\daveandthesis
Compressing photo\bob
Compressing photo\bob\clivia.jpg
Compressing photo\bob\daveandjas.jpg
Compressing photo\bob\daveatherdsman.jpg
Compressing photo\bob\davejasminesouthperth.jpg
Everything is Ok
--- end output ---
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
don't use -r switch.
When would you use the -r switch then?
Thanks Igor, removing the -r made it work as I wanted. However, (as with the comment from 'nobody') it makes me more confused than ever as to the function of -r and -r-.
When I use -r- to disable recursing of subdirectories, they are still added, eg.
--- start output ---
D:\blah>"d:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -r- -tzip test.zip c:\users\bob
7-Zip 4.12 beta Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Igor Pavlov 2004-11-18
Scanning
Creating archive test.zip
Compressing bob
Compressing bob\test.txt
Compressing bob\womble
Compressing bob\womble\another.txt
Everything is Ok
--- end output ---
-r is for files.
Example:
1.txt
dir1\2.txt
1) *.txt will compress 1.txt
2) *.txt -r will compress 1.txt and dir1\2.txt