Making a DOS .ZIP Archive

$ ZIP/LEVEL=9/PKZIP archive_name filespec

$ ZIP -9k archive_name filespec

Use this for Binary files ONLY!

ASCII files (. COM, .TXT, etc.) might not Unzip correctly!

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To make a .ZIP archive for use on DOS or Windows, use the /PKZIP qualifier.

For binary files, leave out the /TRANSLATE_EOL qualifier. This will prevent extraneous data from being inserted into the files being archived.

Note that ASCII (text) files may not be stored in the archive in a usable condition if the /TRANSLATE_EOL is not used.