[X-Unix] zip from command-line in Tiger

[Dave Higgins]

On Jun 25, 2005, at 10:12 PM, Stephen Jonke wrote:

> One problem with ditto I'm finding is that it won't take multiple  
> files and compress them into one zip archive. When using the  
> archive option you can only provide one file/folder. So now I guess  
> my script will have to copy all the files into a folder, then ditto- 
> zip it, then delete the temporary folder. Oh well.
>

If you happen to have Stuffit Deluxe installed, they include a  
command-line "stuff" and "unstuff" tool. Generates actual stuffit  
files (with res fork).

I can't remember if version 9.x includes them or not. V 9 does omit  
some of the Finder driven (drop) tools that came with v 8.x, so I  
ended up installing 8 again, and then 9, in order to have them all. I  
don't remember if v 9 includes the command-line tools or if I had to  
install 8.x first to get them back after a system restore.

Cool thing is the "unstuff" CL tool will handle anything that Stuffit  
Expander will, like .zip and .tar, .rar, etc...

Dave.
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