[command-line] How to zip a file using cmd line?

I want to zip a directory using bat file command.

For example if i want to unzip a file means i can use jar xf file.zip bat file command.

Like that i want command line code to zip a directory.

You can use the following command:

zip -r nameoffile.zip directory

Hope this helps.

tar.exe -acf out.zip in.txt

out.zip is an output folder or filename and in.txt is an input folder or filename. To use this command you should be in the file existing folder.

Yes, we can zip and unzip the file/folder using cmd. See the below command and simply you can copy past in cmd and change the directory and file name

To Zip/Compress File
powershell Compress-Archive D:\Build\FolderName D:\Build\FolderName.zip

To Unzip/Expand File
powershell expand-archive D:\Build\FileName.zip D:\deployments\FileName

Not exactly zipping, but you can compact files in Windows with the compact command:

compact /c /s:<directory or file>

And to uncompress:

compact /u /s:<directory or file>

NOTE: These commands only mark/unmark files or directories as compressed in the file system. They do not produces any kind of archive (like zip, 7zip, rar, etc.)

The zip Package should be installed in system.

To Zip a File

zip <filename.zip> <file>

Example:

zip doc.zip doc.txt 

To Unzip a File

unzip <filename.zip>

Example:

unzip mydata.zip

If you want a simple program that will run with .net 4.6.1 or above on Windows, I wrote this for my own purposes after finding this question.

You simply cd to the directory above the folder you want to zip, then pass in the directory name and it will output mydir.zip. Add zipper to your path, I personally have a utils folder on C:\utils that have things like this in it.

cd C:\Users\SomeUser\Desktop\
zipper myfolder

Below is the source code and copy of the exe:

https://github.com/tryonlinux/commandLineZipper

ZIP FILE via Cross-platform Java without manifest and META-INF folder:

jar -cMf {yourfile.zip} {yourfolder}