zip multiple files

import (
	"archive/zip"
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"path"
)

func zipfiles(zippath string, files []string) error {

	var allB bytes.Buffer
	w := zip.NewWriter(&allB)

	for _, f := range files {
		zipfile, err := w.Create(path.Base(f)) // add only the basename of the input file
		b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(f)
		if err != nil {
			fmt.Printf("zipfiles(): could not read file %s: %+v\n", f, err)
			continue
		}
		zipfile.Write(b)
	}
	w.Close() // You must close this first to flush the bytes to the buffer.
	err := ioutil.WriteFile(zippath, allB.Bytes(), 0666)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("zipfiles(): could not write zip file %s: %+v\n", zippath, err)
		return err
	}

	return nil
}