Linux dudes need help. need to zip on the server 20 folders
 

I have 20 folders on a linux box and I need to zip the contents of each folders into folder name.zip Does anyone now the command?


Thanks

Use a tar -cvf type command. :thumbsup

http://www.asu.edu/it/fyi/dst/helpdo.../disk/tar.html

:)

man zip

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After you do that, do a gzip to compress your archive and you now have .tar.gz :thumbsup

go to that folder and issue this command

I need a .zip not a tar :)

Grab winRAR. Beats the crap out of limiting yourself to just zip files! :)

http://www.download.com/3000-2250-10007677.html

:2 cents:

bin/bash/slapaho/zip -balls_caught_in_zipper

seriously though why zip when you can tar?

im sorry. My problem is I have a script in the server that needs zips

Go to the top level directory (the one that contains the subdirs you wanna zip up), and give this command:

find . -type d -maxdepth 0 -exec zip -ur {}.zip {}/* \;

The find command will start in your current working directory (.), look for all things that are directories (-type d), and for each, it will execute (-exec ... \;) the command given, substituting {} for the name of the directory found. The -maxdepth 0 makes sure it doesn't go into the subdirectories recursively.

The command (zip -ur) does the standard update/recursive zip.

do a "man find" and a "man zip" to fine tune the options.

Err, make that "-maxdepth 1". Sorry. :)