ARDUINO-CLI-SKETCH-ARCHIVE(1)

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💖 arduino-cli-sketch-archive — from the ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL(1) bestie collection 💖

okay so. hi. you're here because you want to zip up a sketch, and honestly? iconic choice. this little command lives inside the Arduino Command Line Manual, and it's about to make a .zip file with ALL your sketch files in it. no cap. let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

arduino-cli-sketch-archive — Creates a zip file containing all sketch files.

like literally that's the whole job. it zips. it archives. it slays. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

arduino-cli sketch archive   [flags]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Creates a zip file containing all sketch files.

that's it bestie, that's the vibe. you point it at a sketch, it hands you back a zip. the way that it just works. 🔥

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -h, --help[=false] — help for archive. your lil "wait what does this do again" button 🫶
  • --include-build-dir[=false] — Includes build directory in the archive. yes, the whole build dir, come along for the ride ✨
  • -f, --overwrite[=false] — Overwrites an already existing archive. careful babe, it will absolutely replace what's already there 💀

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these ones come from the parent command, they're not technically this command's kids but they show up anyway. found family energy fr fr 💜

  • --additional-urls=[] — Comma-separated list of additional URLs for the Boards Manager.
  • --config-dir="" — Sets the default data directory (Arduino CLI will look for configuration file in this directory).
  • --config-file="" — The custom config file (if not specified the default will be used).
  • --json[=false] — Print the output in JSON format.
  • --log[=false] — Print the logs on the standard output.
  • --log-file="" — Path to the file where logs will be written.
  • --log-format="text" — The output format for the logs, can be: text, json
  • --log-level="info" — Messages with this level and above will be logged. Valid levels are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic
  • --no-color[=false] — Disable colored output.

⭐ EXAMPLE ⭐

look at these little demos. so clean. so effortless. main character energy, every single one 🧚

debian/build/bin/arduino-cli archive
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli archive .
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli archive . MySketchArchive.zip
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli archive /home/user/Arduino/MySketch
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli archive /home/user/Arduino/MySketch /home/user/MySketchArchive.zip

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

📜 HISTORY 📜

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