The following works:

$ zip -rj /the/absolute/path/tmp{.zip,}

It produced a file called tmp.zip, saving me the trouble to repeat the folder name as the name of the zip archive.

In my rifle.conf (ranger specific configuration file) I have:

!mime ^text, !ext xml|csv|tex|py|pl|rb|sh|php  = zip -rj "$@"{.zip,}

The "$@" translates to the path. This works fine, I make use of this a lot.

But when I try it, the error I get is:

zip error: Nothing to do! (/the/absolute/path/tmp{.zip,})

This has worked fine for me, too. It only stopped working after upgrading my OS and with it ranger. So there is likely something I am missing here.

$ ranger --version

ranger version: ranger 1.9.3

Python version: 3.8.10 (default, Mar 15 2022, 12:22:08) [GCC 9.4.0]

Locale: en_US.UTF-8



$ cat /etc/upstream-release/lsb-release

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu

DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04

DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Focal Fossa"