How can I zip by specifying directory?

Question

I want to zip a directory not everything in the path. I know the command zip -r squash.zip dir1 From the post: How do I zip/unzip on the unix command line?

But when I run the command using the absolute path:

zip -r squash.zip /path/to/dir1

Zip creates folders to the path also and I get in the zip folder /path/to/dir1. What I want is only dir1\sub\dirs

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '17 at 00:43

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it's best to navigate to that specific directory parent and run the zip from there and then store the zip somewhere else. e.g. cd /path/to

zip -r /home/user/dir1.zip dir1/

answered Apr 19 '17 at 00:43

Laywah

The problem I have is I am running a script and I am using absolute paths. So navigating to a directory is not possible. – Whitecat Apr 20 '17 at 00:09
you probably want to have something like this question – Laywah Apr 20 '17 at 02:47

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