将文件添加到zip文件中的特定目录

Question

Let's say we have a zip file contains a directory named aq and in the current working directory we have files:

./
|- aq/a.txt
|- b.txt

When i use this command: zip test.zip aq/* the a.txt file will be zipped into the aq directory that's inside the zip file

The question is how then can I add b.txt into the aq directory that's inside the test.zip file without putting the b.txt in the aq directory first which is in the current working directory like what I did with the a.txt ?

Answer 1

Make a temp directory called, eg /tmp/$$/aq/ , symlink into the temp directory and then do:

(cd /tmp/$$ && zip -r $ZIPDEST aq/)

ie zip using the temp dir. zip by default follows symbolic links, so it puts the file into the zip without making a copy.

This is pretty much how I construct complicated hierarchical zip files without copying everything to make the archive.

Tar has better options for renaming items as you're putting them into the archive, but you asked about zip.