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

[Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:56:35PM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> 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 -@
>
This worked for me.  I still plan to try the other suggestion, using
-printf.

Thanks a lot guys.  xargs is my new best friend.

-Rob