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I have directory /var/my_dir ( from my Linux machine)

And under my_dir I have other sub directories as /var/my_dir/sdr/vgtt/last_dir/file I want to create compress file as my_dir.zip from my_dir directory And transfer this file by ftp from my Linux machine to my PC and then open the my_dir.zip file by WinZip

My question how to create my_dir.zip file from my_dir directory in order to uncompress the file on my PC

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zip -r my_dir.zip /var/my_dir/
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