Adds files to archive.
7z a archive1.zip subdir\
adds all files and subfolders from folder subdir to archive archive1.zip. The filenames in archive will contain subdir\ prefix.
7z a archive2.zip .\subdir\*
adds all files and subfolders from folder subdir to archive archive2.zip. The filenames in archive will not contain subdir\ prefix.
cd /D c:\dir1\ 7z a c:\archive3.zip dir2\dir3\The filenames in archive c:\archive3.zip will contain dir2\dir3\ prefix, but they will not contain c:\dir1\ prefix.
7z a Files.7z *.txt -r
adds all *.txt files from current folder and its subfolders to archive Files.7z.
7-Zip doesn't uses the system wildcard parser. 7-Zip doesn't follow the archaic rule by which *.* means any file. 7-Zip treats *.* as matching the name of any file that has an extension. To process all files, you must use a * wildcard.
  -i (Include)
  -m (Method)
  -p (Set Password)
  -r (Recurse)
  -sfx (create SFX)
  -si (use StdIn)
  -so (use StdOut)
  -t (Type of archive)
  -u (Update)
  -v (Volumes)
  -w (Working Dir)
  -x (Exclude)
  Commands:
    d (Delete),
    u (Update)
  Switches:
    -u (Update)