Zip - specifying source files directory

[marcelp1]

HI all,

from current dir so lets say /home/pi/
I want to zip the whole dir in /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516
into /var/www/
with the name FSD_20130516.zip

pi@RaspberryPi ~ $

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zip -rT /var/www/FSD_20130516 /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516

that would make the FSD_20130516.zip in the /var/www/ dir as I want it,
but the ZIP files included folders /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516 as well

Is there a way to specify source directory for the zip file?

man zip does not have the info

[SirLagz]

Not at home at the moment so I'm just Guessin, but try this

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    zip -rT /var/www/FSD_20130516 /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516/*

[marcelp1]

Nope Same result

[fbutler]

Nope Same result

I haven't used zip in a long time, but have you tried?:

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cd /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516/
zip -rT /var/www/FSD_20130516 *

[marcelp1]

Nope Same result

I haven't used zip in a long time, but have you tried?:

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cd /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516/
zip -rT /var/www/FSD_20130516 *

Hi that works as well , thank you for that.

I have found what I needed. I should have read the man zip properly rather than looking for the key worlds (specify, source

-j
Store just the name of a saved file (junk the path), and do not store directory names. By default, zip will store the full path (relative to the current path).

so this one works now

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zip -rjT /var/www/FSD_20130516 /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516

lesson learned.

[sprinkmeier]

zip doesn't know about unix file permissions.
Chances are that if/when you restore the files they'll all be marked executable, or group writeable or somesuch.

I recommend using tar:

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tar --create --gzip --file /var/www/FSD_20130516.tar.gz --directory /home/pi/share/FSD ./20130516

or

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tar --create --gzip --file /var/www/FSD_20130516.tar.gz --directory /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516 .

(the first one is more unix-y; un-taring the file puts everything in a subdirectory rather than polluting the current directory. neatness counts!)

If you need to read the files on a legacy PC get 7Zip
http://www.7-zip.org/

[marcelp1]

zip doesn't know about unix file permissions.
Chances are that if/when you restore the files they'll all be marked executable, or group writeable or somesuch.

I recommend using tar:

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tar --create --gzip --file /var/www/FSD_20130516.tar.gz --directory /home/pi/share/FSD ./20130516

or

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tar --create --gzip --file /var/www/FSD_20130516.tar.gz --directory /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516 .

(the first one is more unix-y; un-taring the file puts everything in a subdirectory rather than polluting the current directory. neatness counts!)

If you need to read the files on a legacy PC get 7Zip
http://www.7-zip.org/

Thank you for your reply, would user with Win XP Pro OS machine be able to open that file if he has no other compression/decompression software installed be default?

I went for the .zip as I know Windows can open .zip files ....and its just *.jpg files inside anyway.

[Joe Schmoe]

I went for the .zip as I know Windows can open .zip files ....and its just *.jpg files inside anyway.

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it. For what you are doing (where Windows compatibility is the issue, not arcane issues with Unix file permissions and such), ZIP is fine (and preferred).

[sprinkmeier]

Thank you for your reply, would user with Win XP Pro OS machine be able to open that file if he has no other compression/decompression software installed be default?

I went for the .zip as I know Windows can open .zip files ....and its just *.jpg files inside anyway.

Probably not, Windows has a reputation for not playing well with others or sharing its toys
(no hard feelings, us archane unix folk prefer our own toys anyway)

You could set up an FTP, WebDAV or Samba server on the RasPi, this should allow windows to browse /home/pi/share/FSD/20130516 and select files individually rather than having to zip and download the whole directory.