Re: piping find to zip -- with spaces in path

[Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au>]

Hi,

Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
> > I tried this and it successfully creates myfile.zip:
> >
> > find ./ -iname "*.jpg" -print | zip myfile -@
> >
> > But it fails if there are spaces in the path or filename.  How can I
> > make it work with spaces?
>
> Does this work:
>
> find ./ -iname "*.jpg" -print0 | xargs -0 zip myfile -@

It does work, I tested it and it was perfect for the job -- not sure 
where the OP has gone though.

Cheers

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Kind Regards
AndrewM

Andrew McGlashan
Broadband Solutions now including VoIP