Zip some of files/folders inside another folder

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Hi! I’m struggling with some problem for a few hours and I can’t find efficient solution yet:

I have a folder (call it A) and inside it there are thousands of folders (call it B1, B2, B3 and etc.) with files in each. Now I want to create zip files. Each of them should get the same amount of folders ‘B’ (of course the last zip can be smaller).

What’s more - I would rather like to avoid copying files to create sub folders cause it will take long hours - there is hundreds of GB there. Zip should have none compression level (this is requirement)

So I’m able to build solution to get array’s or collection or lists that will have all the folders ‘B’ prepared for saving them as zip packages (one array for one zip). Problem is compress/zip activity doesn’t allow to use array’s. It’s available for string only. BalaReva hasn’t got option for compression level (and I’d like to avoid third-party solutions).

Is there any code to fit my requirements? (Create zip based on array of paths to folders, do not create any folder or copy files from source folder, compression level none, save with desired name in desired location)

I know that saving that zip files will take some time too, but I want to avoid unnecessary steps to make this process efficient.

Thanks for help in advance!

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