7zip / winrar command to extract a folder with path intact to specific folder but excluding parent source path

Question

example

There is a file "sample.rar".

Folder structure is: "rising\dawn\ and here there are many (folders1, folders2 and file1, file2)" in this archive.

i have used following command

7z.exe x "sample.rar" "rising\dawn\*" -oi:\delete

The result is: all files and folders in "rising\dawn\" are extracted to "i:\delete" folder but the empty parent folders "rising\dawn\" are also created in destination folder.

e.g. destination looks:

i:\delete\rising\dawn\folder1\file1.bmp

i:\delete\rising\dawn\folder2\subfolder

i:\delete\rising\dawn\file1.txt

i:\delete\rising\dawn\file2.txt

i don't want "rising\dawn\" empty folders to be created but the folder structure there onwards must be as is in the archive.

i want the result:

i:\delete\folder1\file1.bmp

i:\delete\folder2\subfolder

i:\delete\file1.txt

i:\delete\file2.txt

at last i found a way out solution. thanks to the winrar support. i have accepted it as an answer below.

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Answer 1

Finally this gave me the result.

Thanks to winrar support.

rar x -ep1 sample.rar rising\dawn\* d:\e\delete\

i have tried other answers given here, this is the only correct answer.
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Answer 2

You can extract the archive normally and

1) move the lower level folder/files to where you would like it, then
2) remove the extra top level archive folders.

Code to do so will depend on the exact task.

Answer 3

Using e command instead of x and add -r option works well.

Like this:

7z.exe e -r "sample.rar" "rising\dawn\*" -oi:\delete

My executable version is "7-Zip [64] 9.20 2010-11-18", And the platform is Windows 8.1.

This command line eliminates unnecessary parent folders and preserves the hierarchy of folders.

Answer 4

You need to use the e command rather than the x command:

7z.exe e "sample.rar" "scholar\update\*" -oi:\delete

Using e instead of x means 7zip will extract all matching files into the same folder (as specified via the -so switch, or the current directory if this isn't specified) rather than preserving the folder structure from inside the archive.