Thread: create zip files in ubuntu command line

i want zip entire folder of files. entered following command

zip *.* *.zip

zip gives me error.

php code:

zip warning: missing end signature--probably not a zip file (did you
    zip warning: remember to use binary mode when you transferred it?)

zip error: zip file structure invalid (fc.pdf)

pdftotext# zip *.* *.zip
    zip warning: missing end signature--probably not a zip file (did you
    zip warning: remember to use binary mode when you transferred it?) 


how resolve ? please me ?

code:

zip -r name_of_output_archive.zip directory_to_archive/

have @ man zip more info

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