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I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.



drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test


As you can see in total they size 32K.



After



I am creating the zip using the command bellow:



zip -r myfiles.zip *


The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!



drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
-rw-rw-r-- 1 skemelio themelis 20M Απρ 4 02:00 myfiles.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test


What I've done wrong?



ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.










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    A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *

    – ivanivan
    4 hours ago






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    Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?

    – Themelis
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

    – Fabby
    4 hours ago
















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I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.



drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test


As you can see in total they size 32K.



After



I am creating the zip using the command bellow:



zip -r myfiles.zip *


The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!



drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
-rw-rw-r-- 1 skemelio themelis 20M Απρ 4 02:00 myfiles.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test


What I've done wrong?



ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.










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  • 1





    A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *

    – ivanivan
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?

    – Themelis
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

    – Fabby
    4 hours ago














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I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.



drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test


As you can see in total they size 32K.



After



I am creating the zip using the command bellow:



zip -r myfiles.zip *


The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!



drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
-rw-rw-r-- 1 skemelio themelis 20M Απρ 4 02:00 myfiles.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test


What I've done wrong?



ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.










share|improve this question









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I have 4 files that I want to include them in a .zip file.



drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test


As you can see in total they size 32K.



After



I am creating the zip using the command bellow:



zip -r myfiles.zip *


The file was created successfully but now its size is 20M, as you can see bellow!



drwxr-xr-x  7 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ  18 00:21 CSharp
drwxr-xr-x 11 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-games
drwxr-xr-x 8 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:17 gnome-music
-rw-rw-r-- 1 skemelio themelis 20M Απρ 4 02:00 myfiles.zip
drwxr-xr-x 4 skemelio themelis 4,0K Οκτ 18 00:18 Test


What I've done wrong?



ps: Same thing (same size) happened when I try to create a .tar using tar cvf myfiles.tar *.







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  • 1





    A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *

    – ivanivan
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?

    – Themelis
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

    – Fabby
    4 hours ago














  • 1





    A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *

    – ivanivan
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?

    – Themelis
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

    – Fabby
    4 hours ago








1




1





A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *

– ivanivan
4 hours ago





A individual directory always shows the 4k size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *

– ivanivan
4 hours ago




1




1





Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?

– Themelis
4 hours ago





Ok I had no idea why this happens but you are right. Why don't you make it an answer?

– Themelis
4 hours ago




1




1





Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

– Fabby
4 hours ago





Possible duplicate of What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?

– Fabby
4 hours ago










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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.



A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?






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  • The size show by ls for a directory is not false, it is the size of the directory. However the size of a directory is related to the number of entries in it (possibly the largest number it every had), not the size of those entries.

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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.



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  • The size show by ls for a directory is not false, it is the size of the directory. However the size of a directory is related to the number of entries in it (possibly the largest number it every had), not the size of those entries.

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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.



A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?






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  • The size show by ls for a directory is not false, it is the size of the directory. However the size of a directory is related to the number of entries in it (possibly the largest number it every had), not the size of those entries.

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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.



A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?






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An individual directory always shows a false size when viewed with ls - what you want to use to check before is du - ie, du -sh *.



A good explanation of what the size of a directory means is on this Q&A - What does size of a directory mean in output of 'ls -l' command?







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  • The size show by ls for a directory is not false, it is the size of the directory. However the size of a directory is related to the number of entries in it (possibly the largest number it every had), not the size of those entries.

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The size show by ls for a directory is not false, it is the size of the directory. However the size of a directory is related to the number of entries in it (possibly the largest number it every had), not the size of those entries.

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The size show by ls for a directory is not false, it is the size of the directory. However the size of a directory is related to the number of entries in it (possibly the largest number it every had), not the size of those entries.

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