Name

zip

Command line

zip [-options] [-b path] [-t mmddyy] [-n suffixes] [zipfile list] [-xi list]

Discription

The default action is to add or replace zipfile entries from list, which can include the special name - to compress standard input.

If zipfile and list are omitted, zip compresses stdin to stdout.

Options

-f

freshen: only changed files

-u

update: only changed or new files

-d

delete entries in zipfile

-m

move into zipfile (delete files)

-k

force MSDOS (8+3) file names

-g

allow growing existing zipfile

-r

recurse into directories

-j

junk (don't record) directory names

-O

store only

-l

convert LF to CR LF (-ll CR LF to LF)

-1

compress faster

-9

compress better

-q

quiet operation

-v

verbose operation/print version info

-c

add one-line comments

-z

add zipfile comment

-b

use "path" for temp file

-t

only do files after "mmddyy"

-@

read names from stdin

-o

make zipfile as old as latest entry

-x

exclude the following names

-i

include only the following names

-F

fix zipfile (-FF try harder)

-D

do not add directory entries

-A

adjust self-extracting exe

-J

junk zip file prefix (unzipsfx)

-T

test zipfile integrity

-X

eXclude eXtra file attributes

-h

show help

-n

don't compress these suffixes