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Exclude Multiple Files/Directories from Zip Archive You can define -x multiple times in a single zip command to exclude multiple files and directories from zip archive.
Press and hold (or right-click) the file or folder, select (or point to) Send to, and then select Compressed (zipped) folder. A new zipped folder with the same name is created in the same location.
On the General tab in Properties, click the button Advanced. In the next window, tick the check box Compress contents to save disk space under the Compress or Encrypt attributes section. There, you need to choose "Apply changes to this folder only" or "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files".
You can use -j.
-j
--junk-paths
Store just the name of a saved file (junk the path), and do not
store directory names. By default, zip will store the full path
(relative to the current directory).
Using -j won't work along with the -r option.
So the work-around for it can be this:
cd path/to/parent/dir/;
zip -r complete/path/to/name.zip ./* ;
cd -;
Or in-line version
cd path/to/parent/dir/ && zip -r complete/path/to/name.zip ./* && cd -
you can direct the output to /dev/null if you don't want the cd - output to appear on screen
Use the -j option:
-j Store just the name of a saved file (junk the path), and do not
store directory names. By default, zip will store the full path
(relative to the current path).
Somewhat related - I was looking for a solution to do the same for directories.
Unfortunately the -j option does not work for this :(
Here is a good solution on how to get it done: https://superuser.com/questions/119649/avoid-unwanted-path-in-zip-file
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