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I have root, and I tried running the zip command from shell, but zip is not found. I think Android doesn't come with zip. How can I install zip on Android?

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androzip might help you with that

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The ZipOutputStream class will help you. There's an example of creating a zip file in the documentation.

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I read that example, but it doesn't show how to recursively zip an entire folder consisting of multiple files and subdirectories. – Jeremy Lee May 4 '11 at 3:26
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I don't really understand your question, but if you are developing an app and you want to zip files with it, the following article might help you: http://www.jondev.net/articles/Zipping_Files_with_Android_(Programmatically)

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Thanks, but it doesn't show how to recursively zip an entire folder consisting of multiple files and subdirectories. That's why I'm interested in a Linux zip command that I can execute from shell, thus skipping the programming of the ZipOutputStream method. – Jeremy Lee May 4 '11 at 3:27

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