Zipping everything in directory with 7z except one file or one file type
i'd like to zip everything except one file
7z a -tzip files.zip *
this will zip all the files in my current directory.. is there a way I can tell it to not zip one file or one file type ?
Answer
Per the 7za command-line help, you use the -x switch to do this:
-x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude filenames
To exclude the file foo.txt you would add:
-x!foo.txt
To exclude all .html files (*.html) you would add:
-x!*.html
You can add multiple -x entries to exclude multiple filenames and/or wildcards in one zip command. Adding the following will exclude foo.txt and *.html:
-x!foo.txt -x!*.html
So with your example, this would add all files to files.zip EXCEPT files named "FILENAME" or that matched the *.extension wildcard:
7za a -tzip files.zip * -x!FILENAME -x!*.extension