Zipping files listed in a file

Zipping files listed in a file

[ACario]

Hi,
For backup purpose, I'd like to zip all files of a folder that have been 
modified or created since a given date. I get the wanted list files by 
running "find myrep -anewer aFileWithGivenDate". Now how can I pass this 
list of files to the "zip" compresser?
Thanks in advance for your help,
ACario

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Re: Zipping files listed in a file

[Robin Doer]

ACario (acario@wanadoo.fr) schrieb:
>
> Hi,
> For backup purpose, I'd like to zip all files of a folder that have been
> modified or created since a given date. I get the wanted list files by
> running "find myrep -anewer aFileWithGivenDate". Now how can I pass this
> list of files to the "zip" compresser?
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> ACario

Hey!

Copied from the manpage (http://linux.math.tifr.res.in/manuals/man/zip.html)

If the file list is specified as -@, [Not on MacOS] zip takes the list of
input files from standard input. Under UNIX, this option can be used to
powerful effect in conjunction with the find(1) command. For example, to
archive all the C source files in the current directory and its
subdirectories:

    find . -name "*.[ch]" -print | zip source -@

This should be exactly what you want!

Bye,
Robin

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Re: Zipping files listed in a file

[ACario]

Oops, I guess I've increased the counter of 
newbies-who-peruse-man-pages-a-bit-too-quickly before asking for help... 
Danke sehr Robin!
ACario

> ACario (acario@wanadoo.fr) schrieb:
> 
>>Hi,
>>For backup purpose, I'd like to zip all files of a folder that have been
>>modified or created since a given date. I get the wanted list files by
>>running "find myrep -anewer aFileWithGivenDate". Now how can I pass this
>>list of files to the "zip" compresser?
>>Thanks in advance for your help,
>>ACario
> 
> 
> Hey!
> 
> Copied from the manpage (http://linux.math.tifr.res.in/manuals/man/zip.html)
> 
> If the file list is specified as -@, [Not on MacOS] zip takes the list of
> input files from standard input. Under UNIX, this option can be used to
> powerful effect in conjunction with the find(1) command. For example, to
> archive all the C source files in the current directory and its
> subdirectories:
> 
>     find . -name "*.[ch]" -print | zip source -@
> 
> This should be exactly what you want!
> 
> Bye,
> Robin
> 
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