Gradle task to create a zip archive of a directory

Question

I have a gradle task to create a zip archive of a directory. The gradle task is:

task archiveReports(type: Zip) {
   from \'/projects/Reports/*\'
   archiveN         


        

Answer 1

I figured out a way for this: Its working for me now.

task myZip(type: Zip) {
   from 'Reports/'
   include '*'
   include '*/*' //to include contents of a folder present inside Reports directory
   archiveName 'Reports.zip'
   destinationDir(file('/dir1/dir2/dir3/'))
}

Answer 2

Adding to the accepted answer, with Gradle 6.7,

task packageDistribution(type: Zip) {
    archiveFileName = "my-distribution.zip"
    destinationDirectory = file("$buildDir/dist")

    from "$buildDir/toArchive"
}

archiveName is deprected.