Quick SSH Zip Command Question

Hi,

When I SSH into my hosting, in the root I have a list of folders, each folder is a different website.

What I want to do is zip up every single folder/subfolder from root and I believe this is the right command to do so-

zip -r backup.zip *

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But when I typed this in and hit enter, nothing happenes?

Is that the right command? I put the * at the end because im in the root folder and want to zip up everything in root and below

Thanks

 

I would suggest instead of running that from the root folder, that you change directories into another directory, then try running the following:

zip -r backup /root/

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The file name will end up being backup.zip, as it adds the extension to the end.

 

gtar is best for compressing files in linux.