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Problem Zipping a file

Asked by Sidarth Dasari

Hi, I ran the following command and go the following error. What am I doing wrong?

sid@lappy:~$ zip -r9 ~/Music/Music/Coldplay/

zip error: Nothing to do! (/home/sid/Music/Music/Coldplay/.zip)

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Best Marco Groppo (marco-groppo) said : 		#1

The archive name is missing:

 $ zip -r9 coldplay.zip ~/Music/Music/Coldplay

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Sidarth Dasari (sirsid) said : 		#2

Thanks Marco Groppo, that solved my question.