Create a simple ZIP File: not retain any directory path information about the files.
import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.BufferedOutputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.util.zip.ZipEntry; import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream; public class Main { static String rmPath(String fName) { int pos = fName.lastIndexOf(File.separatorChar); if (pos > -1) fName = fName.substring(pos + 1); return fName; } public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { ZipOutputStream fout = new ZipOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream( new FileOutputStream(args[0]))); for (int n = 1; n < args.length; n++) { BufferedInputStream fin = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream( args[n])); ZipEntry ze = new ZipEntry(rmPath(args[n])); fout.putNextEntry(ze); int i; do { i = fin.read(); if (i != -1) fout.write(i); } while (i != -1); fout.closeEntry(); fin.close(); System.out.println("Compressing " + args[n]); System.out.println(" Original Size: " + ze.getSize() + " Compressed Size: " + ze.getCompressedSize() + "\n"); } fout.close(); } }