Re: Make zip file from Konqueror

[Jeff <jcoppock1@comcast.net>]

Kevin Krammer, 2003-Nov-15 18:37 +0100:
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> On Friday 14 November 2003 22:53, Jeff wrote:
> > Is this possible?  I've been looking for a way to do this.  I'd like
> > to be able to select a number of files and do something that makes a
> > zip file with all the selected files.
> 
> You can do this with a service menu:
> http://developer.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/dot/servicemenus.html
> 
> A simplistic approach looks like this:
> [Desktop Entry]
> ServiceTypes=all/all
> Actions=ZipFiles
> 
> [Desktop Action ZipFiles]
> Name=Add files to ZIP archive
> Exec=zipfiles %F
> 
> 
> zipfiles is a script somewhere in the users path and looks like this:
> #!/bin/bash
> cd $(dirname $1)
> for infile in $@; do
>     zip -r /tmp/tmp.zip $(basename $infile) > /dev/null 2>&1
> done;
> 
> Of course /tmp/tmp.zip is not very sophisticated :)
> You could use kdialog --inputbox to ask for a name.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin

This looks interesting.  I'll probably give this a try sometime
later.  For now, I like using Ark, as Mr. Pye suggested.  

thanks,
jc


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