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11 <H1>Command Line Switches</H1>
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15 <PRE class="syntax">
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16 <switch>::= <switch_symbol><switch_characters>[<option>]
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17 <switch_symbol> ::= '/' | '-'
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20 <P>On the command line, a switch consists of a switch specifier,
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21 either a dash (-) or a forward slash (/), followed by the name of
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22 the switch. Switch names cannot be abbreviated.</P>
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24 <P>Some switches take an argument after the switch name.
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25 No spaces or tabs are allowed within a switch specification.
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26 Switch names are not case sensitive, but arguments can be case sensitive.
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29 <P>Switch can be used in any place in command line.</B>
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31 <P>See also <A href ="../syntax.htm">Command Line Syntax</A> for more details
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32 about using the command line.</P>
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34 <H2>Switch quick reference</H2>
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36 <TABLE border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
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37 <TR><TH>Switch</TH><TH>Description</TH></TR>
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38 <TR> <TD><A href="stop_switch.htm">--</A></TD> <TD><A href="stop_switch.htm">Stop switches parsing</A></TD></TR>
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39 <TR> <TD><A href="ar_include.htm">-ai</A></TD> <TD><A href="ar_include.htm">Include archive filenames</A></TD></TR>
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40 <TR> <TD><A href="ar_no.htm">-an</A></TD> <TD><A href="ar_no.htm">Disable parsing of archive_name</A></TD></TR>
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41 <TR> <TD><A href="overwrite.htm">-ao</A></TD> <TD><A href="overwrite.htm">Overwrite mode</A></TD></TR>
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42 <TR> <TD><A href="ar_exclude.htm">-ax</A></TD> <TD><A href="ar_exclude.htm">Exclude archive filenames</A></TD></TR>
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43 <TR> <TD><A href="include.htm">-i</A></TD> <TD><A href="include.htm">Include filenames</A></TD></TR>
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44 <TR> <TD><A href="method.htm">-m</A></TD> <TD><A href="method.htm">Set Compression Method</A></TD></TR>
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45 <TR> <TD><A href="output_dir.htm">-o</A></TD> <TD><A href="output_dir.htm">Set Output directory</A></TD></TR>
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46 <TR> <TD><A href="password.htm">-p</A></TD> <TD><A href="password.htm">Set Password</A></TD></TR>
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47 <TR> <TD><A href="recurse.htm">-r</A></TD> <TD><A href="recurse.htm">Recurse subdirectories</A></TD></TR>
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48 <TR> <TD><A href="charset.htm">-scs</A></TD> <TD><A href="charset.htm">Set charset for list files</A></TD></TR>
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49 <TR> <TD><A href="email.htm">-seml</A></TD> <TD><A href="email.htm">Send archive by email</A></TD></TR>
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50 <TR> <TD><A href="large_pages.htm">-slp</A></TD> <TD><A href="large_pages.htm">Set Large Pages mode</A></TD></TR>
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51 <TR> <TD><A href="list_tech.htm">-slt</A></TD> <TD><A href="list_tech.htm">Show technical information</A></TD></TR>
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52 <TR> <TD><A href="sfx.htm">-sfx</A></TD> <TD><A href="sfx.htm">Create SFX archive</A></TD></TR>
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53 <TR> <TD><A href="stdin.htm">-si</A></TD> <TD><A href="stdin.htm">Read data from StdIn</A></TD></TR>
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54 <TR> <TD><A href="stdout.htm">-so</A></TD> <TD><A href="stdout.htm">Write data to StdOut</A></TD></TR>
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55 <TR> <TD><A href="ssc.htm">-ssc</A></TD> <TD><A href="ssc.htm">Set Sensitive Case mode</A></TD></TR>
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56 <TR> <TD><A href="shared.htm">-ssw</A></TD> <TD><A href="shared.htm">Compress files open for writing</A></TD></TR>
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57 <TR> <TD><A href="type.htm">-t</A></TD> <TD><A href="type.htm">Type of archive</A></TD></TR>
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58 <TR> <TD><A href="update.htm">-u</A></TD> <TD><A href="update.htm">Update options</A></TD></TR>
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59 <TR> <TD><A href="volume.htm">-v</A></TD> <TD><A href="volume.htm">Create Volumes</A></TD></TR>
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60 <TR> <TD><A href="working_dir.htm">-w</A></TD> <TD><A href="working_dir.htm">Set Working directory</A></TD></TR>
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61 <TR> <TD><A href="exclude.htm">-x</A></TD> <TD><A href="exclude.htm">Exclude filenames</A></TD></TR>
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62 <TR> <TD><A href="yes.htm">-y</A></TD> <TD><A href="yes.htm">Assume Yes on all queries</A></TD></TR>
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