Dot files are included; dot directories are not
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#2711 Dot files are included; dot directories are not
I wanted to zip a directory containing Cygwin files (https://cygwin.com/). The directory included both dot files and dot directories (files and directories starting with a dot). Such files and directories are hidden under Unix-like systems.
7-Zip included the dot files in the archive, but not the dot directories. I feel this is a bug.
However, Info-Zip (https://infozip.sourceforge.net/) seems to have the same behaviour, so perhaps the bug is in the Zip format itself.
I solved the problem by creating a tar archive. This included the dot directories.
Please show the command you used.