How do I use 7-zip to backup files, but exclude some directories

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I would like to use 7-zip to backup a directory, but I would like it to exclude all directories named ".svn" (anywhere in the source tree). Does anybody know if this is possible and in that case how?

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To exclude all .svn directories you need to add the switch For example the following will create a backup of the directory excluding any folders that satisfy :

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