use Archive::Zip; my $zip = Archive::Zip->new(); # add all readable files and directories below . as xyz/* $zip->addTree( '.', 'xyz' ); # add all readable plain files below /abc as def/* $zip->addTree( '/abc', 'def', sub { -f && -r } ); # add all .c files below /tmp as stuff/* $zip->addTreeMatching( '/tmp', 'stuff', '\.c$' ); # add all .o files below /tmp as stuff/* if they aren't writable $zip->addTreeMatching( '/tmp', 'stuff', '\.o$', sub { ! -w } ); # add all .so files below /tmp that are smaller than 200 bytes as stuff/* $zip->addTreeMatching( '/tmp', 'stuff', '\.o$', sub { -s < 200 } ); # and write them into a file $zip->writeToFileNamed('xxx.zip'); # now extract the same files into /tmpx $zip->extractTree( 'stuff', '/tmpx' );