How to add files to zip archive without a intermediate folder

Question

I'm using zip program in a bash script and i would like to create an archive containing all files in a folder without adding the folder itself to the archive.

I have such files :

script.sh
files/
files/1
files/2

I'm using this command in script.sh

zip -q -9 -r arch.zip files/*

but this creates a files folder in the archive and i would like to get files 1 and 2 directly at the root of the archive.

How can i modify the parameters passed to zip command to prevent it from adding files in this archive ?

Thanks

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '13 at 10:34

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cd files
zip -q -9 -r ../arch.zip *

answered Mar 13 '13 at 10:34

Ansgar Wiechers

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so what your saying is: Folders get created relatively to the current path? – luckydonald Dec 30 '15 at 14:43
@luckydonald Exactly. – Ansgar Wiechers Dec 30 '15 at 14:46

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '15 at 02:14

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you should use -j key. Try this way:

zip -q -9 -j arch.zip files/*

answered Mar 01 '15 at 02:14

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`-j` copy all files to the zip root. If you want subfolders this doesn't work. – luckydonald Dec 30 '15 at 14:42

How to add files to zip archive without a intermediate folder

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