Making ZIP Files On Mac OS X

Everybody else may know this, but MacOS X includes the command-line utility to make Windows-compatible ZIP files. It works a lot like tar, but without needing any switches.

> zip {target file} {source files}

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4 Comments

  1. Comment by dan on August 31, 2006 10:06 am

    Or, right click (or control+click) and select ‘Creative Archive of …’. That’s it.

  2. Comment by Bob on February 18, 2007 7:10 pm

    Dan, try uploading that to a webserver and extracting the file; It usually makes a mess.

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  4. Comment by Beau Smith on January 25, 2008 2:01 am

    Or use:

    > zip {target file} *

    and the target file will be appended with “.zip”

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