Thread: How to Zip files with ssh

Recently I needed to zip a large folder on my linux server yet the cpanel file managed compression kept timing out as the folder was 19GB in size, instead I decided to use ssh to zip the folder, here's how:

Code:

# zip -r fileName.zip folder/to/zip

• -r: Includes all files and directories -> Files
• fileName.zip: The name of the Zipped file you are creating.
• html: The folder you are targetting or use * if your currently in the folder.

If you're using linux bzip has a better compression rate (especially helpful on large files.) You can use an archive manage like 7zip on Windows to extract it, too.