Please let me know where I can find where switches (flags) such as -r in the context below can be found.
I treat these things like a foreign language -- get the nit picky things defined so you can fully read through something like code as if it's an interesting novel.
#for Linux, one installs zip and unzip using the cli commands
#sudo (super user do) apt (advanced packing tool) as in
#sudo apt install zip unzip
#then this command will run in YAML
- name: Zip publish files
run: (cd myapp && zip -r ../deployfile.zip .) <-- right here
As an example, was able to find the dotnet publish flags at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-publish, which provided for me what -c and -o meant.
Is there a similar resource for the above line where -r is used?
dotnet publish [<PROJECT>|<SOLUTION>] [-a|--arch <ARCHITECTURE>]
[-c|--configuration <CONFIGURATION>] [--disable-build-servers]
[-f|--framework <FRAMEWORK>] [--force] [--interactive]
[--manifest <PATH_TO_MANIFEST_FILE>] [--no-build] [--no-dependencies]
[--no-restore] [--nologo] [-o|--output <OUTPUT_DIRECTORY>]
[--os <OS>] [-r|--runtime <RUNTIME_IDENTIFIER>]
[--sc|--self-contained [true|false]] [--no-self-contained]
[-s|--source <SOURCE>] [--use-current-runtime, --ucr [true|false]]
[-v|--verbosity <LEVEL>] [--version-suffix <VERSION_SUFFIX>]
Thanks! I'm new to the subject and hate to pass by anything not understood.
Different Linux distros might have different versions of the "zip" app, which might have (slightly!) different command line options.
Nevertheless: MOST apps support -h or --help.
For example (WSL, Ubuntu 22.04):
zip --help
Copyright (c) 1990-2008 Info-ZIP - Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
Zip 3.0 (July 5th 2008). Usage:
zip [-options] [-b path] [-t mmddyyyy] [-n suffixes] [zipfile list] [-xi list]
The default action is to add or replace zipfile entries from list, which
can include the special name - to compress standard input.
If zipfile and list are omitted, zip compresses stdin to stdout.
-f freshen: only changed files -u update: only changed or new files
-d delete entries in zipfile -m move into zipfile (delete OS files)
-r recurse into directories -j junk (don't record) directory names
-0 store only -l convert LF to CR LF (-ll CR LF to LF)
-1 compress faster -9 compress better
-q quiet operation -v verbose operation/print version info
-c add one-line comments -z add zipfile comment
-@ read names from stdin -o make zipfile as old as latest entry
-x exclude the following names -i include only the following names
-F fix zipfile (-FF try harder) -D do not add directory entries
-A adjust self-extracting exe -J junk zipfile prefix (unzipsfx)
-T test zipfile integrity -X eXclude eXtra file attributes
-y store symbolic links as the link instead of the referenced file
-e encrypt -n don't compress these suffixes
-h2 show more help
You can also type man zip to read the "man page". *nix "manual pages" - if you're not already familiar with them - give more detailed information, and provide cross-references. They can be an invaluable resource!