linux how to add a file to a specific folder within a zip file

Question

i know how to add a file to the root folder within a zip file:

zip -g xxx.apk yyy.txt

but i've no idea how to specify a particular folder within a zip file

Answer 1

If you need to add the file to the same folder as in the original directory hierarchy, then you just need to add the full path to it:

zip -g xxx.zip folder/file 

Otherwise, probably the easiest way to do that is to create the same layout you need in the zip file in a temporary directory.

Answer 2

To elaborate on @Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams answer from a year ago, you can use a lower level library, such as the one that comes with Python:

#!/bin/bash python -c ' import zipfile as zf, sys z=zf.ZipFile(sys.argv[1], "a") z.write(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3]) z.close() ' myfile.zip source/dir/file.txt dir/in/zip/file.txt 

This will open myfile.zip and add source/dir/file.txt from the file system as dir/in/zip/file.txt in the zip file.