Take the 2-minute tour ×  I normally (on Windows) package up a
directory into a single file with Pkzip 2.5,  pkzip25 -add -dir
...  which recursively includes subdirectories and their
contents. A problem I've encountered is when subdirectories
begin with a dot, e.g. .settings directory created by Eclipse;
Pkzip doesn't go into those directories. I can't find anything
about this in the help text or on Google; is there a way to fix
this behavior?  share|improve this question add comment  1
Answer  up vote 1 down vote accepted  According to the pkzip 2.5
manual, pkzip considers as hidden all names that start with a
dot.  Try to add the parameter "-filetype=all", in order to
process files with all file types (includes hidden).
share|improve this answer It seems that parameter is only
available on UNIX. –  rwallace Nov 2 '09 at 14:43 Ah, so you're
on Windows. It would be a nice catch-22 if the dot-behavior was
carried over from Linux, but not its antidote! In that case,
there are many other zip products (like 7-Z