Zip file creation with directory suppression through an API

[Dale DeMott]

So here's the deal. I can easily create a zip file using Apache's compression API. That's all good. The problem I'm having is suppressing the directory structure when its zipped. How make a zip file w/the following requirements? Inside the zip I need the file to have no directory structure and only be in a list. The files however need to be zipped from a directory.

Here's a more complete picture of what I'm trying to do. I have the following directory structure and list of files...

/directory1
      /directory2
            file1.txt
            file2.txt
            file3.txt
            file4.txt
            file5.txt
            file6.txt

after I zip up the files and everything, I get a zip file called

myzip.zip

Now when I open the zip I want to only find the files at the root level.

file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt
file4.txt
file5.txt
file6.txt

Note that the files are in the base directory. There are lots of examples out there of how to zip up a bunch of files however none of them show me how to suppress the directory structure. Also I don't have the rights to the root directory so I can't simply move the files to the root and re-zip from there. I have to zip them from the directory structure I'm in. One other thing, I've noticed that pkzip has the features to do something like this, unfortunately I can't copy pkzip onto this server. I can only use the standard unix files and public APIs.

Thanks,

Dale

[Paul Clapham]

You can use a ZipOutputStream (see the java.util.zip package). You control the names of the files via ZipEntry objects and it's entirely up to you what names you use.

[Campbell Ritchie]

I think this question is too difficult for "beginning", so I shall move it.