[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] zip-ping recursive subdirs ?

kirchner@informatik.uni-kl.de (Reinhard Kirchner) (01/15/91)

Hello,

since others have little problems with pkzip/unzip I want to add mine,
perhaps someone can help:

The doc says pkzip can also pack ( ehem ... zip ) subdirectories. How
can this be done ?

I tried the options p and P, but neither worked. So what mistake did I make ?

Thanks for help

Reinhard Kirchner
Univ. of Kaiserslautern, Germany

kirchner@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de

donovan@hawkeye.uucp (Dennis Donovan) (01/16/91)

In article <7456@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de> kirchner@informatik.uni-kl.de (Reinhard Kirchner) writes:
>
>The doc says pkzip can also pack ( ehem ... zip ) subdirectories. How
>can this be done ?
>
>I tried the options p and P, but neither worked. So what mistake did I make ?
>

Since I just figured this out I'll pass it along.

To pack use:
	pkzip -arP ArchiveFile SubdirectoryName/*.*

To un-pack use:
	pkunzip -d ArchiveFile


I did it from the root directory and specified the sub-directory so that when
I unpack it, it will recreate the whole directory structure.

I used 1.10 and it works fine.  Don't forget the -d on the unpack or you will
be left with the whole directory structure in the directory you unpack it to!!

Dennis
donovan@atexnet

P.S. It took me a few tries to get this syntax.  It wasn't completely clear from
the documentation.

--
Dennis Donovan
donovan@atexnet

"Nobody asked, just my opinion"