Windows – Are there any free command line based zip utility

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I need to schedule a command line to zip contents of a couple of folders. Are there any free command line based utility that can handle multi volumes?

(7Zip is disqualified, the -v parameter is not implemented yet)

EDIT: 7Zip does indeed work with the -v parameter if used as described in the help file, and not according to the .exe's help output.

EDIT2: On closer inspection, there is something strange going on, and here's the reason I got the "Not implemented" error message:
(On a Windows 2008 Server x64 with U.S. locale):

@ECHO OFF
SET MYFILENAME=Backup-IIs-%date:~-4,4%-%date:~-10,2%-%date:~-7,2%.7z
ECHO %MYFILENAME%
"c:\program files\7-zip\7z" a "c:\backup\%MYFILENAME%" c:\inetpub\*.* -r -v49m

Result: System Error: Not implemented.

Changing it to (notice dot instead of dash in filename):

@ECHO OFF
SET MYFILENAME=Backup.IIs-%date:~-4,4%-%date:~-10,2%-%date:~-7,2%.7z
ECHO %MYFILENAME%
"c:\program files\7-zip\7z" a "c:\backup\%MYFILENAME%" c:\inetpub\*.* -r -v49m

And 7Zip is happy….
Can someone explain?

Best Answer

For the record, '-v' option in 7-zip command line is used for creating volumes.
Here is a short description on Creating Multi-volume Archives with 7-zip.

Can you please explain what you mean by
"7Zip is disqualified, the -v parameter is not implemented yet"?

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