General Information

The main features of 7-Zip

• Powerful file manager
• High compression ratio and high speed
• Big number of supported archive formats
• Additional command line version

See Also

• License for use and distribution

Other documents on this site:

• 7-Zip Manual /lzma.txt
• 7-Zip Manual /src-history.txt
• 7-Zip Manual /readme.txt
• 7-Zip Manual /7zC.txt
• 7-Zip Manual /License.txt
• 7-Zip Manual /copying.txt
• 7-Zip Manual /Methods.txt
• 7-Zip Manual /unRarLicense.txt
• 7-Zip Manual /7zFormat.txt
• 7-Zip Start Page
• Command Line Syntax
• Command Line Version User's Guide
• Exit Codes from 7-Zip
• -ax (Exclude archive filenames) switch
• -y (assume Yes on all queries) switch
• -sa (set Archive name mode) switch
• -slp (Set Large Pages mode) switch
• -p (set Password) switch
• -stl (Set archive timestamp from the most recently modified file) switch
• -sfx (Create SFX archive) switch
• -ssc (Set Sensitive Case mode) switch
• -scrc (Set hash function) switch
• -ai (Include archive filenames) switch
• -o (set Output directory) switch
• -si (read data from stdin) switch
• -r (Recurse subdirectories) switch
• -ssw (Compress files open for writing) switch
• -w (set Working directory) switch
• -so (write data to stdout) switch
• -i (Include filenames) switch
• -t (set Type of archive) switch
• -stx (Exclude archive type) switch
• -spf (Use fully qualified file paths) switch
• Command Line Switches
• -scc (Set charset for console input/output) switch
• -sdel (Delete files after including to archive) switch
• -m (Set compression Method) switch
• -slt (Show technical information) switch
• -u (Update options) switch
• -ao (Overwrite mode) switch
• -x (Exclude filenames) switch
• -v (Create Volumes) switch
• -scs (Set charset for list files) switch
• -an (Disable parsing of archive_name) switch
• -bb (Set output log level) switch
• -spf (Use fully qualified file paths) switch
• -sns (Store NTFS alternate Streams) switch
• -- (Stop switches parsing) switch
• -sni (Store NT security information) switch
• d (Delete) command
• x (Extract with full paths) command
• a (Add) command
• b (Benchmark) command
• e (Extract) command
• rn (Rename) command
• Command Line Commands
• h (Hash) command
• u (Update) command
• t (Test integrity of archive) command
• l (List contents of archive) command
• Menu Items and Shortcut Keys
• 7-Zip File Manager
• Options Dialog Box
• About Dialog Box
• Benchmark
• Plugins
• Add to Archive Dialog Box
• Extract Dialog Box
• 7-Zip Plugin
• Thanks
• License for use and distribution
• General Information
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Supported formats
• Performance
• 7z Format