Zip folder contents from bash script

Question

I have a bash script which I use to zip everything in a folder called "distribution" which contains "file1" and "file2":

zip -r archive.zip distribution/*

However, when I open the zip file I see the entire "distribution" folder has been zipped. I just want to zip the files within the distribution folder and not the entire folder itself. How do I do this?

SO is for programming questions, not general technical support questions. — Barmar, Mar 12 '15 at 08:31
There is the answer here [how-to-create-a-zip-file-without-entire-directory-structure][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9710482/how-to-create-a-zip-file-without-entire-directory-structure — Turrican, Mar 12 '15 at 08:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '15 at 08:36

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You can go into the folder first:

cd distribution
zip -r ../archive.zip *

However, this means that when someone unzips it, the files will be put into their current folder, it won't put them into a subfolder.

answered Mar 12 '15 at 08:36

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