Question

How can i zip the contents of a folder using command line argument.
I dont prefer to use 3rd party batch file.

I have a folder named “folder1” conmprising of folders 1,2,3,…
I want to zip the contents into folder1.zip file.
If i zip the folder1 , the zip file contains from folder1 .
i.e, the zip file when extracted will have folder1/folder1/(contents of the folder)
I just need to get the contents of the folder1 in the zip file.
i.e, the zip file when extracted should have folder1/(contents).
i would be happy if i can the solution in form of an ant target.

Wating for reply .

Thanks in advance.
Sachin.

Answer 1

Why don’t you simply use the ant <zip> task for that:

<zip destfile="${dist}/manual.zip">
  <zipfileset dir="folder1/folder1" prefix="folder1"/>
  <zipfileset dir="folder1/folder2" prefix="folder1"/>
  <zipfileset dir="folder1/folder3" prefix="folder1"/>
</zip>

This will zip the contents of the folder1/folder[1-3] directories into the directory folder1 in the example.zip file.

EDIT: Updated to reflect the changes to the question.