Linux ZIP - skip errors

[Splash]

Hiya,

 

I'm trying to zip a directory using the following command:

 

zip -r0 zipfile mydir

 

However there's a file I get an error on whilst the zipping takes place. This causes the command to stop.

 

Is there any way to tell the command to skip errors?

 

I've tried 'man zip' but I can't find anything.

 

thanks

[tallship]

Hiya,

 

I'm trying to zip a directory using the following command:

 

zip -r0 zipfile mydir

 

try tar and gzip instead. the command would be:

 

$ tar cvf mystuff.tar /path/to/your/directory
$ gzip mystuff.tar

 

This will yield a file named mystuff.tar.gz - it's the standard for zipping things up and if you're moving it to wyndoze your winzip or winrar will handle unpacking the archive too. These utilities have better algorithms for handling files. I believe you 'can' force it too, but I would try moving those files somewhere else with the 'mv' command before trying that.

 

It may be that you're file is on a bad block or is otherwise corrupted and sometimes moving it will take care of that.

[Splash]

Perfect thanks tallship

[tallship]

Glad I could help out

 

BTW, you can unzip easily with one command instead of two by placing the archive into a directory that you would like the zipped up directory to appear under by entering:

 

$ tar zxvf mystuff.tar.gz