Can you provide zip command examples under UNIX? How do I use zip command under UNIX operating systems?
The zip command under UNIX is use for a compression. It works as a file packaging utility for the following operating systems:
- Unix
- VMS
- MSDOS
- OS/2
- Windows 9x/NT/XP,
- Minix
- Atari
- Macintosh
- Amiga
- Acorn RISC OS.
The command is tottally compatible with PKZIP (Phil Katz’s ZIP for MSDOS systems). The zip command is pretty good for packaging a set of files for distribution and/or for archiving files; and for saving disk space by temporarily compressing unused files or directories.
Simple Examples
The syntax is as follows:
zip file.zip file1.txt file2.doc photo.jpg ...
To zip resume.doc and all *.c file, enter:
zip bacup.zip resume.doc *.c
To zip data directory, enter:
zip -r backup.zip data
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