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Abecedary · 09-04-2009, 05:42 PM

I've been thinking about simplifying this in some way, but if you want to make a drag'n'drop script it'll be that much easier on me.

The terminal commands to do it are:

Code:

zip -X0 bookname.epub mimetype
zip -rX9 bookname.epub * -x mimetype

The first line makes the zip file (with epub extension) with only the mimetype and no compression (the -0 switch). The second line recursively goes through the directory (-r) and adds everything else (the *) to the zip file at maximum compression (-9) while excluding the mimetype file (-x). The -X switch ignores any extra file attributes.

It's not a bad idea to precede the whole thing with this command to clear out the .DS_Store files first:

Code:

find . -name '*.DS_Store' -type f -delete

(I have that aliased to 'rmds' in my .profile for typing simplicity.)

09-04-2009, 05:42 PM	#4
Abecedary Exwyzeeologist Posts: 535 Karma: 3261 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: :PRS-505::iPod touch:	I've been thinking about simplifying this in some way, but if you want to make a drag'n'drop script it'll be that much easier on me. The terminal commands to do it are: Code: zip -X0 bookname.epub mimetype zip -rX9 bookname.epub * -x mimetype The first line makes the zip file (with epub extension) with only the mimetype and no compression (the -0 switch). The second line recursively goes through the directory (-r) and adds everything else (the ) to the zip file at maximum compression (-9) while excluding the mimetype file (-x). The -X switch ignores any extra file attributes. It's not a bad idea to precede the whole thing with this command to clear out the .DS_Store files first: Code: find . -name '.DS_Store' -type f -delete (I have that aliased to 'rmds' in my .profile for typing simplicity.)