AW: How to zip a folder?

[Jim Ault]

Read these notes and see if this makes sense to yo

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1) tar and zip it     tar -c -z -f MyApplication.tar.gz MyApplication.app
2) unzip it later     tar -xzf MyApplication.tar.gz
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.revolution.user/114019/match=compres
s+folder+shell


on zCompressFolder fullPathFolder
  set the defaultfolder to fullPathFolder
--the defaultFolder is what the shell command considers the current dir

  put (the seconds & "_ORG.zip") into zipfolder
--set a unique file name

  put ("tar -c -z -f "& zipfolder &".tar.gz _ORGANIZATION") into cmd
--since there is no 'target folder' specified, tar considers the current dir

  put shell(cmd) into status
end zCompressRoot
--read the status variable to find any errors reported by tar
--duplicate file names and folder names do NOT produce errors

Jim Ault
Las Vegas



On 12/15/08 5:00 AM, "Tiemo Hollmann TB" <toolbook at kestner.de> wrote:

> Digging hour after hour in the archives, the appropriate approach seems to
> be using the shell, but I have found different threads, some using zip, some
> tar and all using different parameters and don't know where to look for
> these parameters.
> Does anybody has a snippet for a shell zip, which works for folders with
> subfolders and common file names.
> Or a hint, where I can research the parameters for the shell zip on Mac?
> As well I didn't found any snippet for unzipping the stuff with the shell.
> Does anybody knows. If a Bundle.app Zip on Win, made with WinZip is
> compatible with a Rev-Shell unzip on Mac, or do I have to zip it on Mac?
> Thanks
> Tiemo
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Or any snippets (with parameters) for using the shell for zip a folder and
>> unzip it?
>> Tiemo
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> is there something like revZipAddItemWithFile, with which I can zip a
>>>> complete folder including files and subfolders, e.g. an app bundle?
>>>> 
>>>> Pls tell there is a command!
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for help
>>>> 
>>>> Tiemo
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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