Ben Asked: 2011-09-28 04:57:29 +0800 CST2011-09-28 04:57:29 +0800 CST 2011-09-28 04:57:29 +0800 CST How to use GZip to create a .zip file 772 Is it possible to use GZip to create a .zip file? I've been Googling and can't find anything that leads me to believe this is possible linux compression gzip 3 Answers Voted Best Answer MDMarra 2011-09-28T05:10:42+08:002011-09-28T05:10:42+08:00 You probably want to use zip and not gzip. This should do it: zip -r newzip.zip /path/to/zip/stuff Jeff Warnica 2011-09-28T05:10:47+08:002011-09-28T05:10:47+08:00 This is not possible. gzip and (pk)zip use different compression formats, and more significantly, zip also packages multiple files, directories, together in one archive. symcbean 2011-09-28T08:33:05+08:002011-09-28T08:33:05+08:00 The original zip format is the same as: tar -cZf package.zip files.... (note the capital Z uses the compress lib - using the small 'z' would give a gzipped archive which pk/winzip can't understand). i.e. no, you can't use gzip to create a pkzip file - but I'd be surprised to find a Unix machine which had gzip but not compress.
You probably want to use
zipand notgzip. This should do it:This is not possible. gzip and (pk)zip use different compression formats, and more significantly, zip also packages multiple files, directories, together in one archive.
The original zip format is the same as:
(note the capital Z uses the compress lib - using the small 'z' would give a gzipped archive which pk/winzip can't understand).
i.e. no, you can't use gzip to create a pkzip file - but I'd be surprised to find a Unix machine which had gzip but not compress.