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Hello,

I would like to compress files and folders using zip via scripting.   
I had a look at man zip, and I tried some commands but I seem to not  
understand how it works.

For folders, it seems possible to compress them using something like:

zip -r /Users/me/Documents/myFolder /Users/me/Documents/myFolder

but I don't understand how to make a zip file of a wanted name in a  
wanted folder.

And I would like to avoid including .DS_Store files in the archive.

On the other hand, I am unable to make any zip file of files.  This  
is perhaps normal, since zip's main purpose is to make archive of  
several files -- but with OS X's Finder, in File menu, I can easily  
create zip files of files.

Could anyone of you point me to an easy tutorial of how to use zip in  
"do shell script" format?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

Nobumi Iyanaga
Tokyo,
Japan