Create zip file and ignore directory structure

Question

I need to create a zip file using this command:

zip /dir/to/file/newZip /data/to/zip/data.txt

This works, but the created zip file creates

Answer 1

You can use -j.

-j
--junk-paths
          Store just the name of a saved file (junk the path), and do  not
          store  directory names. By default, zip will store the full path
          (relative to the current directory).