Can the encryption option on Info-ZIP be used from the command line? The zip man page says:
-e
–encrypt Encrypt the contents of the zip archive using a password which is entered on the terminal in response to a prompt (this will
not be echoed; if standard error is not a tty, zip will exit with an
error). The password prompt is repeated to save the user from typing
errors.
Is there a way to create zipped files from an unattended script?
Using -P will allow you to pass the password on the command line.
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