Compress files and directories using ZIP
zip -r mydir.zip mydir zip -r mydir.zip /home/myuser/mydir
the “-r” option means recursive and adds all files in the named directory
Zip only certain files, recursively
zip -R AllMyDocs.zip "*.doc"
The command above saved all .doc files in the current directory as well as the subdirectories into AllMyDocs.zip.
The directory structure of files added is preserved.
zip Parameters
> zip --help Copyright (c) 1990-2008 Info-ZIP - Type 'zip "-L"' for software license. Zip 3.0 (July 5th 2008). Usage: zip [-options] [-b path] [-t mmddyyyy] [-n suffixes] [zipfile list] [-xi list] The default action is to add or replace zipfile entries from list, which can include the special name - to compress standard input. If zipfile and list are omitted, zip compresses stdin to stdout. -f freshen: only changed files -u update: only changed or new files -d delete entries in zipfile -m move into zipfile (delete OS files) -r recurse into directories -j junk (don't record) directory names -0 store only -l convert LF to CR LF (-ll CR LF to LF) -1 compress faster -9 compress better -q quiet operation -v verbose operation/print version info -c add one-line comments -z add zipfile comment -@ read names from stdin -o make zipfile as old as latest entry -x exclude the following names -i include only the following names -F fix zipfile (-FF try harder) -D do not add directory entries -A adjust self-extracting exe -J junk zipfile prefix (unzipsfx) -T test zipfile integrity -X eXclude eXtra file attributes -y store symbolic links as the link instead of the referenced file -e encrypt -n don't compress these suffixes -h2 show more help
References
1. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/zipping-linux-directories/
2. man zip
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