| NAnt  Help  Task Reference  <zip> | v0.92-rc1 | 
[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
Creates a zip file from the specified filesets.
Uses #ziplib (SharpZipLib), an open source Tar/Zip/GZip library written entirely in C#.
| Attribute | Type | Description | Required | 
|---|---|---|---|
| zipfile | file | The zip file to create. | True | 
| comment | string | The comment for the file. | False | 
| duplicate | DuplicateHandling | Specifies the behaviour when a duplicate file is found. The default is Add. | False | 
| encoding | Encoding | The character encoding to use for filenames and comment inside the zip file. The default is the system's OEM code page. | False | 
| flatten | bool | Ignore directory structure of source directory, compress all files into a single directory. The default value is false. | False | 
| includeemptydirs | bool | Include empty directories in the generated zip file. The default is false. | False | 
| stampdatetime | datetime | Date/time stamp for the files in the format MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS. | False | 
| ziplevel | int | Desired level of compression. Possible values are 0 (STORE only) to 9 (highest). The default is 6. | False | 
| failonerror | bool | Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true. | False | 
| if | bool | If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. | False | 
| unless | bool | Opposite of if. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. | False | 
| verbose | bool | Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false. | False | 
 Zip all files in ${build.dir} and ${doc.dir} into a file called "backup.zip". 
<zip zipfile="backup.zip">
    <fileset basedir="${bin.dir}" prefix="bin">
        <include name="**/*" />
    </fileset>
    <fileset basedir="${doc.dir}" prefix="doc">
        <include name="**/*" />
    </fileset>
</zip>