archiving files

Note

• foobar.txt represents the filename of a text file containing a list of any files and/or directories to be excluded from the ZIP archive file to be created.
• foobar.zip represents the filename of the ZIP archive file to be created.

In Ubuntu, use zip -r ../foobar.zip . -x@foobar.txt to create a ZIP archive file of the contents of the current directory, including hidden files and hidden directories but excluding any files and/or directories specified in foobar.txt, saving the file into the parent directory. This requires Info-ZIP.

explanation

Note

This is an incomplete explanation.

• The -r option enables recursion.
• The -x@foobar.txt option enables the exclusion of any files and/or directories specified in foobar.txt.

prior work

• The method of excluding files and/or directories from a ZIP archive to be created was introduced to me by an answer on Ask Ubuntu by Isaiah.
• The method of including hidden files and hidden directories in a ZIP archive to be created was introduced to me by an answer on Stack Overflow by Gunnar.
• The method of including the contents of the current directory in a ZIP archive to be created was introduced to me by an answer on Unix & Linux Stack Exchange by Romeo Ninov.

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