The zip utility

The zip utility there are four utilities in the Linux zip package:

zip creates a compressed file containing listed files and directories.
zipcloak creates an encrypted compress file containing listed files and directories.
zipnote extracts the comments from a zip file.
zipsplit splits a zip file into smaller files of a set size (used for copying large zip files to floppy disks).
unzip extracts files and directories from a compressed zip file.

$ zip
Copyright (c) 1990-2006 Info-ZIP - Type ‘zip “-L”‘ for software license.
Zip 2.32 (June 19th 2006). Usage:
zip [-options] [-b path] [-t mmddyyyy] [-n suffixes] [zipfile list] [-xi list]

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