Winrar command line zip folder

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I am trying to use WinRAR command line to zip folder:

"c:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" a -afzip "e:\output.zip" "e:\foldertozip\"

If the foldertozip contains file, the command line works. But if the folder contain no file but folders where sub folder will contain files, it will appear the error saying No files to add.

How can I solve it?

Best Answer

If the folder contains no files apart from subfolder containing files there is an error

Use the -r recurse subfolders switch.

Examples to compress a folder

rar a -r yourfiles.rar *.txt c:\yourfolder
creates archive yourfiles.rar and compresses all .txt files in c:\yourfolder and all its subfolders
rar a yourfiles 
creates archive yourfiles.rar and compresses all files in the current folder, but doesn’t include subfolders (note lack of extension; WinRAR will use the default extension .rar)

a command adds to the archive

-r switch recurses subfolders

Source Using the WinRAR Command-line tools in Windows

Related Solutions

Using WinRAR to compress a folder stucture

You are using the -ep switch which Exclude[s] paths from names. If paths are not stored, then all files go in the root.

To get C:\Test to be treated as the root of the archive, you need to run the compression from inside the directory.

Use this instead:

C:\>cd Test

C:\Test>:: then, either
C:\Test>rar a "C:\File.zip" "*.*" "bin\*.*"

C:\Test>:: or
C:\Test>rar a "C:\File.zip" "*.*" "bin"

Winrar command line compression ratio

Use rar.exe instead of winrar.exe with -m5 parameter (max compression).