Zip -r Functionality

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Hi ,

I've written the following code to zip the big file

$dir_temp ="/home/etc/hst
zip -r $dir_temp/file_nm.zip $dir_temp/file_nm

The zip file has been created . When I try to UNZIP the file
with the following command

unzip file_nm.zip

The file got unzipped but created in the following path /home/etc/hst/home/etc/hst/file_nm

Please suggest me the correct unzip command so that the file got unzipped in the /home/etc/hst folder .

Thanks

2

How does your zip file look like ie structure ?

To unzip to another directory use:

unzip -d <DIR_NAME>

$dir_temp ="/home/etc/hst

is missing the double quotes at the end.
Make sure you add correct information here.

3

Instead of zip -r /incredibly/long/path/to/files ... try ( cd /incredibly/long ; zip -r path/to/files ... )

4

Thank You for your reply .

Is the following command works

unzip -d /home/etc/hst  file_nm.zip

Sorry for missing the double quotes

Thank You