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<H1>-i (Include filenames) switch</H1>
<P>Specifies additional include filenames and wildcards.</P>
<P>Multiple include switches are supported.</P>
<H4>Syntax</H4>
<PRE class="syntax">
-i[<A class="parameter" href="#recurse_type"><recurse_type></A>]<A class="parameter" href="#file_ref"><file_ref></A>
<A class="parameter" href="#recurse_type"><recurse_type></A> ::= r[- | 0]
<A class="parameter" href="#file_ref"><file_ref></A> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}
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<H4>Parameters</H4>
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<DT><A name="recurse_type"></A><recurse_type></DT>
<DD><P>Specifies how wildcards and file names in this switch must
be used. If this option is not given, then the global value, assigned
by the <A href="recurse.htm">-r (Recurse)</A> switch will be used. For
more details see specification of the
<A href="recurse.htm">-r (Recurse)</A> switch.</P>
<PRE class="syntax">
<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]
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<DT><A name="file_ref"></A><file_ref></DT>
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<P>Specifies filenames and wildcards, or a list file, for files to be processed.</P>
<PRE class="syntax">
<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}
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<TR> <TH width="120">Option</TH> <TH>Description</TH> </TR>
<TR> <TD>{listfile}</TD> <TD>Specifies name of list file. See
<A href = ../syntax.htm#ListFile>List file</A> description.</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>{wildcard}</TD> <TD>Specifies wildcard or filename.</TD> </TR>
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<H4>Examples</H4>
<PRE class="example">
7z a -tzip src.zip *.txt -ir!DIR1\*.cpp
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<P>adds to <SPAN class="filename">src.zip</SPAN> archive all
<SPAN class="filename">*.txt</SPAN> files from current directory
and all <SPAN class="filename">*.cpp</SPAN>
files from directory <SPAN class="filename">DIR1</SPAN>
and from all it's subdirectories.</P>
<H4>Commands that can be used with this switch</H4>
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<A href="../commands/add.htm">a (Add)</A>,
<A href="../commands/delete.htm">d (Delete)</A>,
<A href="../commands/extract.htm">e (Extract)</A>,
<A href="../commands/hash.htm">h (Hash)</A>,
<A href="../commands/list.htm">l (List)</A>,
<A href="../commands/rename.htm">rn (Rename)</A>,
<A href="../commands/test.htm">t (Test)</A>,
<A href="../commands/update.htm">u (Update)</A>,
<A href="../commands/extract_full.htm">x (Extract with full paths)</A>
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<H4>See also</H4>
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<B>Switches:</B>
<A href="recurse.htm">-r (Recurse)</A>,
<A href="exclude.htm">-x (Exclude)</A>
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