creating zip files : newbie...

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Harvey

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Hey guys, another stupid newbie question.

How do I go about creatin ga zip file?

Stuff It expander will expand them for me... I noticed gzip, but I can't figure the syntax to get it to do directories as well....

gzip -c * myzipfile.zip

something like that?

Just need to pack a bunch of files up for easy uploading.

Thanks!
 
Drop Stuff, Drop Zip, and Drop Tar programs are included with the Stuffit Standard software, which can be downloaded (freeware) from the Aladdin web site, or from versiontracker. This would enhance the Stuffit software that comes with OSX, and is simpler to use than terminal commands. Nothing wrong with using the terminal, but you just drag and drop files (or folders) on Drop Stuff icon, and the packing is simply done, no fuss!
 
Stuffit Expander has always been free, but if you want the complete program, you have to buy it.
 
Some UNIX geek here needs to write up a [HOW-TO] zip files, folders, etc via Terminal

As it is, I don't know how to create zips (for free) and therefore I have a hard time sharing files with other people (read: Windows users).

:cry:
 
zip file.zip placewithfilesyouwant

if there are multiple directories, you'll need to do replace 'zip' with 'zip -r' - that is zip, and recurse into directories. For all the options, just type 'zip' by itself
 
What the heck....


[acct:~/Desktop] act% zip -r *monet* monet.zip
zip: Command not found.
[acct:~/Desktop] act% whereis zip
[acct:~/Desktop] act%

Where is my 'zip' program?
 
In 10.2.6, I just tried this and it worked.
zip filename.zip myfile
where filename.zip is the zip file created and myfile is the file to be zipped.
Don't forget to enter the full pathname of the files.

Also, typing zip by itself displays info on how to use the zip command.
 
Hey guys, I'm tellin ya, this is weird.

Why don't I have zip?

bash-2.05a$ whereis zip
bash-2.05a$ zip
bash: zip: command not found
bash-2.05a$ man zip
No manual entry for zip
bash-2.05a$
 
What the heck.

bash-2.05a$ ls
[ cp df expr ls ps rmdir sync zsh-4.0.4
bash csh domainname hostname mkdir pwd sh tcsh
cat date echo kill mv rcp sleep test
chmod dd ed ln pax rm stty zsh
bash-2.05a$ pwd
/bin
bash-2.05a$
 
Favor!

Could someone email the MacOSX tar binary to this email address? harveybeasleyATlinuxmail.org

I would really appreciate it :)
 
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