C:\Temp\ztest>zip -r test2.zip WEB-INF adding: WEB-INF/ (208 bytes security) (stored 0%) <-- dir, not file adding: WEB-INF/deploy/ (208 bytes security) (stored 0%) <-- ditto adding: WEB-INF/deploy/client/ (208 bytes security) (stored 0%) adding: WEB-INF/deploy/client/rpcPolicy/ (208 bytes security) (stored 0%) adding: WEB-INF/deploy/client/rpcPolicy/manifest.txt (208 bytes security) (deflated 4%) <-- first actual file