title: How to create a Linux compatible zip archive of a directory on a Mac
body: <p>I've tried multiple ways of creating a zip or a tar.gz on the mac using GUI or command lines, and I have tried decompressing on the Linux side and gotten various errors, from things like "File.XML" and "File.xml" both appearing in a directory, to all sorts of others about something being truncated, etc.</p>
  
  <p>Without listing all my experiments on the command line on the Mac and Linux (using tcsh), what should 2 bullet proof commands be to:</p>
  
  <p>1) make a zip file of a directory (with no __MACOSX folders)</p>
  
  <p>2) unzip / untar (whatever) the Mac zip on Linux with no errors (and no __MACOSX folders)</p>
  
  <p>IT staff on the Linux side said they "usually use .gz and use gzip and gunzip commands".</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>