I want to zip many folders in a directory tree like so
V-
something.txt
folder
folder
g.jpg
h.jar
When I try to zip it, it ends creating a zip archive with the v folder instead of the contents of it (the sub directories and files)
How can I avoid this?
So if I understand correctly, you are trying to archive the files & folders in a particular folder but without including the root folder.
Example:
/test/test.txt
/test/test2.txt
where test.txt and test2.txt would be stored in the zip, but not /test/
You could cd into the /test/ directory then run something like,
zip -r filename.zip ./*
Which would create an archive in the same folder named filename.zip.
Or if running it from outside the folder you could run,
zip -r test.zip test/*
The /* is the part that includes only the contents of the folder, instead of the entire folder.
Edit: OP wanted multiple zips, solution ended up being a bit of a hack, I am curious as to whether there is a better way of doing this.
for d in */ ; do base=$(basename "$d") ; cd $base ; zip -r $base * ; mv "${base}.zip" .. ; cd .. ; done;
