Build Zip archive, special cases

Question

How can I create a zip in a linux distro and
- keep only the relative path to a folder
- put some files in a separate folder inside the zip

I need to do this in a bash script so if i just use the absolute path the entire path will be inside the zip.

Example

/home/user/folder/1.txt
/home/user/folder/2.txt

Output Need It :

test.zip
folder/1.txt
folder/secondfolder/2.txt

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Answer 1 · 2010-11-29 17:10:57Z

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( cd /var/www ; zip -r - test1 ) > output.zip

answered Nov 29 '10 at 17:10

this is correct regardless of duplicate +1 – aking1012 Nov 29 '10 at 17:55

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Charles Stewart · Answer 2 · 2010-11-29 10:08:20Z

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Does find . ! -name "*.zip" -type f -print | zip test -@ do what you want?

answered Nov 29 '10 at 9:59

	`zip` is capable of recursing a path on its own. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Nov 29 '10 at 10:01
	I updated the question. This is not what I need. – user56301 Nov 29 '10 at 10:23
	@user, I updated the question -- adding "need it" is hardly an update! (Also, please come up with a better title?) – Arjan Nov 29 '10 at 12:10
	@Ignacio and Charles, so maybe `zip -r -x *.zip` would achieve the same? – Arjan Nov 29 '10 at 12:30

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