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<H1>-v (Create Volumes) switch</H1>
<P>Specifies volume sizes.</P>
<H4>Syntax</H4>
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-v{Size}[b | k | m | g]
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<DT>{Size}[b | k | m | g]</DT>
<DD>Specifies volume size in Bytes, Kilobytes (1 Kilobyte = 1024 bytes),
Megabytes (1 Megabyte = 1024 Kilobytes) or Gigabytes (1 Gigabyte = 1024 Megabytes).
if you specify only {Size}, 7-zip will treat it as bytes.</DD>
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<P>It's possible to specify several -v switches.</P>
<P><B>NOTE:</B> Please don't use volumes (and don't copy volumes) before finishing archiving.
7-Zip can change any volume (including first volume) at the end of archiving operation.</P>
<H4>Examples</H4>
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7z a a.7z *.txt -v10k -v15k -v2m
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<P>creates multivolume <SPAN class="filename">a.7z</SPAN> archive.
First volume will be 10 KB, second will be 15 KB, and all others will be 2 MB.</P>
<H4>Commands that can be used with this switch</H4>
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<A href="../commands/add.htm">a (Add)</A>,
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