linux how to add a file to a specific folder within a zip file

Question

i know how to add a file to the root folder within a zip file:

zip -g xxx.apk yyy.txt

but i\'ve no idea how to specify a particu

Answer 1

To elaborate on @Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams answer from a year ago, you can use a lower level library, such as the one that comes with Python:

#!/bin/bash
python -c '
import zipfile as zf, sys
z=zf.ZipFile(sys.argv[1], "a")
z.write(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3])
z.close()
' myfile.zip source/dir/file.txt dir/in/zip/file.txt

This will open myfile.zip and add source/dir/file.txt from the file system as dir/in/zip/file.txt in the zip file.