Create zip file and ignore directory structure

Question

I need to create a zip file using this command   zip  dir to file newZip  data to zip data txt   This works  but the created zip file creates a directory structure mimicking the directory to the raw file  It is a lot of extra folders that I don t need    I didn t find an answer in a cursory glance over the man page or a Google hunt

User · Answer

Use the -j option      -j     Store  just the name of a saved file  junk the path   and do not           store directory names  By default  zip will store the full  path            relative to the current path

User · Answer

Just use the -jrm option to remove the file and directory  structures  zip -jrm  path to file zip  path to file

User · Answer

Alternatively  you could create a temporary symbolic link to your file   ln -s  data to zip data txt data txt zip  dir to file newZip    rm      This works also for a directory

User · Answer

Using -j won t work along with the -r option  So the work-around for it can be this   cd path to parent dir   zip -r complete path to name zip       cd -    Or in-line version    cd path to parent dir   amp  amp  zip -r complete path to name zip      amp  amp  cd -   you can direct the output to  dev null if you don t want the cd - output to appear on screen

User · Answer

Retain the parent directory so unzip doesn t spew files everywhere When zipping directories  keeping the parent directory in the archive will help to avoid littering your current directory when you later unzip the archive file So to avoid retaining all paths  and since you can t use -j and -r together   you ll get an error    you can do this instead  cd path to parent dir   zip -r    my zip      basename  PWD  cd -   The      basename  PWD  is the magic that retains the parent directory  So now unzip my zip will give a folder containing all your files  parent-directory  -- file1  -- file2  -- dir1       -- file3       -- file4  Instead of littering the current directory with the unzipped files  file1 file2 dir1  -- file3  -- file4

User · Answer

You can use -j   -j --junk-paths           Store just the name of a saved file  junk the path   and do  not           store  directory names  By default  zip will store the full path            relative to the current directory

User · Answer

Somewhat related - I was looking for a solution to do the same for directories  Unfortunately the -j option does not work for this     Here is a good solution on how to get it done  https   superuser com questions 119649 avoid-unwanted-path-in-zip-file

[linux] Create zip file and ignore directory structure

Examples related to linux

Examples related to zip