7-Zip manual: -ssw (Compress files open for writing) switch

-ssw (Compress files open for writing) switch

-ssw (Compress files open for writing) switch

Compresses files open for writing by another applications. If this switch is not set, 7-zip doesn't include such files to archive.

Syntax

-ssw

Example

7z a archive.7z -ssw *.txt

compresses all *.txt files in current folder including files open for writing by another applications.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), h (Hash), u (Update)

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