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-r (Recurse subdirectories) switch

Specifies the method of treating wildcards and filenames on the command line.

Syntax

-r[- | 0]

Switch	Description
-r	Enable recurse subdirectories.
-r-	Disable recurse subdirectories. This option is default for all commands.
-r0	Enable recurse subdirectories only for wildcard names.

Examples

7z l archive.zip *.doc -r-

lists all *.doc files that belong to the archived root directory in the archive.zip archive.

7z a -tzip archive.zip -r src\*.cpp src\*.h

adds all *.cpp and *.h files from directory src and all it's subdirectories to the archive.zip archive.

7z a archive.7z folder1\

adds all files from directory folder1 and all it's subdirectories to the archive.7z archive.

7z a archive.7z -r folder2\

searches all folder2 directories in all subdirectories, and adds them (including all subdirectories) to the archive.7z archive.

Commands that can be used with this switch