Zip a whole folder including subfolders on Linux terminal
Tried zip with the folder name and it only made an empty archive. Need the full directory with all files inside, and the right command to unzip it again on another machine.
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smith_x
zip -r archive.zip foldername
the -r is the bit people miss. without it you get a zip with just the empty top folder in it and nothing inside. if it says zip isn't found, sudo apt install zip on ubuntu/debian.
if it's only going to other linux machines, tar -czf foldername.tar.gz foldername does the same job and keeps file permissions intact.