Zipping issue

[ArtIsLife]

Is there any way to compress (zip) a folder on a Mac without it creating a "_MACOSX" folder and other random crap in the zip? This is pretty important to me.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[MurphyM]

If you zip from the Terminal you don't get those extra files added.

I put together a screencast a while back on zipping in Terminal, take a look.

You also have more options when you zip this way, like using extra compression.