Zip command (zip folder doesn't include a folder of the same name)

elioncho · #1 (**permalink**) 03-12-2009

Hi guys,

I have a question about the zip command. Right now I have a directory with some files and folders on it that I want to compress. When I run the zip command:

zip foo -r

I am getting a foo.zip file that once I unzip it contains a foo folder. I want to create the foo.zip, but that once I unzip it I get all the content of the directory (no intermediate folder of the same name of the zip one). Can anyone give me some ideas on this? Thanks,

Elioncho

Lakris · #2 (**permalink**) 03-12-2009

Hi,
have You tried cd'ing to the dir and do

zip -r ../foo.zip *

that would, when the zip is unpacked, restore the files in Your current directory.

/Lakris

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