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zip command keeps including the entire parent directory structure

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I am trying to run this zip command on an Ubuntu WSL: zip -r /home/chansen/db-backup/backup.zip /mnt/c/data/db/*

I want the zip to contain all contents of db at the top level, but the resulting zip has those files nested inside all the parent directories. The zip file contains: mnt > c > data > db > myFiles. I just want the myFiles part to be at the top level without all those parent directories.

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answered 2 Years ago terose · Accepted Answer

One way to accomplish this would be to cd into the db directory, then run your zip command using a relative path, like this:

cd /mnt/c/data/db/

zip -r /home/chansen/db-backup/backup.zip ./*