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 ===== Creating a .zip File ===== ===== Creating a .zip File =====
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   - Navigate to the appropriate directory/folder.   - Navigate to the appropriate directory/folder.
-  - Click on the first file to select it. +  - Click on the first file or directory/folder to select it. 
-  - Control-click on any other files to select them.+  - Control-click on any other files or directories/folders to select them.
   - Right-click on one of the selected files and pull down to <key>Compress...</key>.   - Right-click on one of the selected files and pull down to <key>Compress...</key>.
   - Enter a filename (and location).   - Enter a filename (and location).
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   - Navigate to the appropriate directory/folder.   - Navigate to the appropriate directory/folder.
-  - Click on the first file to select it. +  - Click on the first file to or directory/folder to select it. 
-  - Control-click on any other files to select them.+  - Control-click on any other files or directories/folders to select them.
   - Right-click on one of the selected files and pull down to <key>Send To</key> and pull down to <key>Compressed (zipped) Folder</key>.   - Right-click on one of the selected files and pull down to <key>Send To</key> and pull down to <key>Compressed (zipped) Folder</key>.
  
 If the Java Development Kit is installed and in your PATH, you   can also create a ''%%.zip%%'' file from the command shell   using the following command: If the Java Development Kit is installed and in your PATH, you   can also create a ''%%.zip%%'' file from the command shell   using the following command:
  
-   jar -cvf //archive//.zip //file// [//file//]...     |+|   jar -cvf //archive//.zip //file// [//file//]...     |
  
  
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   - Navigate to the appropriate folder.   - Navigate to the appropriate folder.
-  - Click on the first file to select it. +  - Click on the first file or directory/folder to select it. 
-  - Command-click on any other files to select them. +  - Command-click on any other files or directories/folders to select them. 
-  - Right-click on one of the selected files and pull down to <key>Compress ... Items</key>.+  - Right-click (i.e., Ctrl-click) on one of the selected files and pull down to <key>Compress ... Items</key>.
  
 To create a ''%%.zip%%'' file from the command shell, you can use the following command: To create a ''%%.zip%%'' file from the command shell, you can use the following command:
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 |    jar -cvf //archive//.zip //file// [//file//]...     | |    jar -cvf //archive//.zip //file// [//file//]...     |
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 +Note that if you use the GUI-based approach, the resulting ''%%.zip%%'' file will contain OSX-specific files (like ''%%.DS_STORE%%'') and directories (like ''%%__MACOSX%%'') that can cause problems in some situations. You can exclude files when working from the command line using the ''%%-x%%'' option. For example:
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 +<code>
 +zip -r dir.zip . -x .* -x __MACOSX
 +</code>
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 +will create a ''%%dir.zip%%'' that contains all of the directories below the current directory, but will exclude all files that start with a ''%%.%%'' and the ''%%__MACOSX%%'' directory.