Hi,

I have a folder that contains a few sub-folders. I would like to zip that folder and KEEP the subfolders. What it does at the moment is taking all the files within the subfolders and zipping them into one big file (zip -r ...). Does anyone know the UNIX command to keep the subfolders in the zipped files?

Thanks.

Hi.

I rarely use zip / unzip, but it worked for me as expected. This script creates a structure, zips it, renames the old directory, unzips from the archive, and compares the 2 resulting directory structures:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate zip collection and expansion of directories.

#  ____
# /
# |   Infrastructure BEGIN

echo
set -o nounset

debug=":"
debug="echo"

## The shebang using "env" line is designed for portability. For
#  higher security, use:
#
#  #!/bin/sh -

TREE=tree
TREE=dtree
TREE=tree-sage

## Use local command version for the commands in this demonstration.

set +o nounset
LC_ALL=C ; LANG=C ; export LC_ALL LANG
echo "Environment: LC_ALL = $LC_ALL, LANG = $LANG"
echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version =o $(_eat $0 $1) zip diff
set -o nounset

echo

# Remove and create directory structure.

rm -rf d1 d2 d1.zip old-d1

mkdir -p d1/d2/d3
echo hi >d1/hi-in-d1
echo hi >d1/d2/hi-in-d1-d2
echo hi >d1/d2/d3/hi-in-d1-d2-d3

echo " Directory to be zipped:"
$TREE ./d1

# |   Infrastructure END
# \
#  ---

echo
echo " Results from processing:"
zip -r d1 d1
ls -go d1.zip

echo
echo " Unzipping:"
mv d1 old-d1
unzip d1

echo
echo " Newly unzipped d1:"
$TREE d1

echo
echo " Old d1:"
$TREE old-d1

echo
echo " Comparison of d1 and old-d1:"
CMP="diff -r"
if $CMP d1 old-d1
then
  echo " Directories d1 and old-d1 have the same content."
else
  echo " Directories d1 and old-d1 fail to compare."
fi

exit 0

$ ./s1

Environment: LC_ALL = C, LANG = C
(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
SunOS 5.10
GNU bash 3.00.16
zip - no version provided for /usr/bin/zip.
diff - no version provided for /usr/bin/diff.

 Directory to be zipped:
./d1
/     d2
/     /     d3
/     /     /     hi-in-d1-d2-d3
/     /     hi-in-d1-d2
/     hi-in-d1

 Results from processing:
  adding: d1/ (stored 0%)
  adding: d1/d2/ (stored 0%)
  adding: d1/d2/d3/ (stored 0%)
  adding: d1/d2/d3/hi-in-d1-d2-d3 (stored 0%)
  adding: d1/d2/hi-in-d1-d2 (stored 0%)
  adding: d1/hi-in-d1 (stored 0%)
-rw-r--r--   1     829 Jul 10 10:45 d1.zip

 Unzipping:
Archive:  d1.zip
   creating: d1/
   creating: d1/d2/
   creating: d1/d2/d3/
 extracting: d1/d2/d3/hi-in-d1-d2-d3
 extracting: d1/d2/hi-in-d1-d2
 extracting: d1/hi-in-d1

 Newly unzipped d1:
d1
d2
/     d3
/     /     hi-in-d1-d2-d3
/     hi-in-d1-d2
hi-in-d1

 Old d1:
old-d1
d2
/     d3
/     /     hi-in-d1-d2-d3
/     hi-in-d1-d2
hi-in-d1

 Comparison of d1 and old-d1:
Common subdirectories: d1/d2 and old-d1/d2
Common subdirectories: d1/d2/d3 and old-d1/d2/d3
 Directories d1 and old-d1 have the same content.

Hi drl,

I ran your code on my machine alright, but when I access the d1 zipfile through windows I get this:



Now, I would like to see the d2 and d3 subfolders in d1.zip with hi-in-d1-d2-d3 and hi-in-d1-d2 in there respective subfolders. Do you know how to do that by any chance?

Thanks,
gdog

PS: I don't mind doing it with tar if it's easier.

Hi.

You know the directories are there, or at least their properties exist in the zip file because unzip can re-create them.

I don't know anything about winzip. I'd look through all the menus and help information to start with. Perhaps someone will stop by with an answer for that question ... cheers, drl