---
name: "minizip"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "minizip"
version: "1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/minizip"
---

# minizip(1)

create ZIP archives

## NAME

minizip - create ZIP archives

## SYNOPSIS

**minizip** \[*-o*\] zipfile \[ " files" ... \]

## DESCRIPTION

**minizip** is a simple tool which allows the creation of compressed file archives in the ZIP format used by the MS-DOS utility PKZIP.  It was written as a demonstration of the [*zlib*(3)](/zlib/3.md) library and therefore lack many of the features of the [*zip*(1)](/zip/1.md) program.

## OPTIONS

The first argument supplied is the name of the ZIP archive to create or -o in which case it is ignored and the second argument treated as the name of the ZIP file.  If the ZIP file already exists it will be overwritten.

Subsequent arguments specify a list of files to place in the ZIP archive.  If none are specified then an empty archive will be created.

## SEE ALSO

[**miniunzip**(1)](/miniunzip/1.md), [**zlib**(3)](/zlib/3.md), [**zip**(1)](/zip/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This program was written by Gilles Vollant.  This manual page was written by Mark Brown \<broonie@sirena.org.uk\>.