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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Zip recursive content of folder when (not current directory= Post 302412743 by jimih on Tuesday 13th of April 2010 11:26:30 AM
Old 04-13-2010
Question Zip recursive content of folder (not current directory)
Hi,

Is there a way to zip the content (recursively) of a folder other then the current directory, and keep the directory structure intact?

Example:

/var/tmp/myfolder
----------------- file1
----------------- file2
----------------- folder1
------------------------ file3


Now I want to create a zip file that looks like this:
file1
file2
folder1
------ file3

ie I don't want the folder "myfolder" to be part of the zip file, only the *content* of that folder. And I want to execute the zip-command from anywhere (ie not necessarily with "myfolder" as the current directory).

Is this possible, in one single command using the basic zip command? I found a few threads here that touched this topic, but none that answered it fully.

Regards
/Jimi
Last edited by jimih; 04-13-2010 at 12:32 PM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT PHP

zip_entry_open

ZIP_ENTRY_OPEN(3)							 1							 ZIP_ENTRY_OPEN(3)

zip_entry_open - Open a directory entry for reading

SYNOPSIS

       bool zip_entry_open (resource  $zip, resource  $zip_entry, [string  $mode])

DESCRIPTION

	Opens a directory entry in a zip file for reading.

PARAMETERS

	      o $zip
		- A valid resource handle returned by zip_open(3).

	      o $zip_entry
		- A directory entry returned by zip_read(3).

	      o $mode
		- Any of the modes specified in the documentation of fopen(3).

	      Note

		      Currently, $mode is ignored and is always "rb". This is due to the fact that zip support in PHP is read only access.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

       Note

	       Unlike  fopen(3)  and other similar functions, the return value of zip_entry_open(3) only indicates the result of the operation and
	      is not needed for reading or closing the directory entry.

SEE ALSO

       zip_entry_close(3), zip_entry_read(3).

PHP Documentation Group 													 ZIP_ENTRY_OPEN(3)
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