How to add a file into zip?

Question

I have a quite large zip file with archived documents and I want to add a new file into it.

How to do it quick and easy? The archive is quite large, so extract+add+compress+delete is not preffered option.

Answer 1

AFAIK There's no (free) onboard app to achieve this.

The easiest way would be to do it via command line.

zip /path/to/zipfile.zip file1 file2

If you want to add all(!) files within a directory and subdirectories, run

zip -r /path/to/zipfile.zip /path/to/dir

It will also add .DS_Store files and that like, so be careful with the latter command.

However, if you're fine with spending some money, you could take a look at http://macitbetter.com. They provide an app called BetterZip 2 which is also capable of doing what you want.

Answer 2

For when you prefer a UI (versus command line), Commander One providers a free UI for direct viewing and editing of ZIP files.