From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2007-10-30T15:49:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Zip an existing directory?

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Peter Marks wrote:
>>> zip -r archive.zip
>>> Users/petermarks/Desktop/orbus/public/1/daily/2007-10-29/
>>>
>>> I forgot the "-r" (for recursive).
>> 
>> Thanks Ed, that archives the contents of "2007-10-29". Do you know if 
>> there is a way to make the new archive only contain the contents of 
>> "2007-10-29" and not the folders of the path leading to it?
> 
> $ cd /Users/petermarks/Desktop/orbus/public/1/daily/
> $ zip -r archive.zip 2007-10-29
> 
> There's another way, but I don't remember what it is.


Try this:

Dir.chdir("/Users/petermarks/Desktop/orbus/public/1/daily")
system("zip -r zipped_rails_app ./2007-10-29")
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