how to zip a dir
 

i need to zip a dir, which contains files and other dir.

i am able to zip the folder along with the files but not the directories present in it.

how should i zip a dir along with the contained dir and files.


regards
shravee

You can use tar
will tar the directory (and its files/subdirectories) into a tar file named foo.tgz.

If you actually want to produce a zip file, why don't you read the man page for "zip"?

Use -r to descend into directory recursively.

eg: zip -r foo foo

Please, check the man page for zip, tar, 7z or whatever tool you want to use to compress the files. Then, if you still have some concrete doubt, come back.

Consier abc is a directory

To zip that directory , execute -

zip abc.zip abc

To unzip it -

unzip abc.zip

@soumyacs: The OP has a specific issue where folders inside parent folder are left as it is and not included in the zip archive. -r option is needed for recursive descent into folders.

hi repo,
cant i get the compressed folder in .zip format which solves my problem of compressing subdirectories also.

Hi Shravee,

You can try with the below command.

# zip -r <dirname>.zip <dirname> -- which will zip the entire dir/files contained in the parent directory recursively.

for eg :

$ zip -r orange.zip orange
adding: orange/ (stored 0%)
adding: orange/potato (stored 0%)
adding: orange/test/ (stored 0%)
adding: orange/test/ptsadminlog (deflated 88%)
$

$ du -sh orange*
272K orange
32K orange.zip
$

Works for me.

Note : Please try and let me know incase if you still face any issues.

Regards,
RHADMN

thanks
 

thanks rhadmn,

its working for me......... too.

regards
shravee