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Old 09-20-2009
Problem with zip command..
Hi friends

I am working in cygwin. Currently I am in root directory(C). I want to zip only the files from a diretory "A" to a new directory 1.zip in root directory C.
I am using the following command:
$: zip 1.zip A/*
but it is zipping the entire directory itself, But what I want is when I unzip 1.zip I should get
file1
file2 etc...
instead of
A/file1
A/file2 etc..
I really appreciate your help if you can help me in modify the above command so that I can get one of my script done on 100's of directories like A.

Thanks in advance..
# 2  
Old 09-20-2009
Code:
cd A
zip 1.zip *

# 3  
Old 09-21-2009
Hi Scrutinizer,

I want the command to work with out doing cd to the respective directory I am interested. I mean I don't want to use cd A . I hope you understood my problem.
# 4  
Old 09-21-2009
Code:
zip -j 1.zip A/*

'man zip' is a useful resource too.
# 5  
Old 09-23-2009
Thanks Pludi,

It worked very well. I regret to my innocence and negligence for not looking deep into the zip command manual.
 
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