diff --git a/dots/bash/.bashrc b/dots/bash/.bashrc
index 8bbce1a..b29700b 100644
--- a/dots/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/dots/bash/.bashrc
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ spf() {
 # misc
 # ---
 
+# recursively zip everything in current directory, name the zip file $1, and exclude (-x) itself from the zip process
+zipr() {
+    zip -r $1 . -x $1
+}
+
 #gpxImporter() {
 #    cd /home/poq/syncDir/repos/git/gi.op.fo/gpx-importer/go/src/
 #    go run main.go