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im really new to python. please help me out with this
i'm trying to create a python script that will zip a folder. In my red hat PC, in /usr/local/testlogs/, there will be be few folders. i want to zip all the folder's , NOT as one zip file, but as multiple zip files. please help me out!!
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sorry about that. i have tried really hard to get this working and below is my latest script. im not sure why its not creating separate zip files. It is adding all the folders into 1 zip file
Code:
def zip_folder(folder_path, output_path):
parent_folder = os.path.dirname(folder_path)
contents = os.walk(folder_path)
try:
zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(output_path, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
for root, folders, files in contents:
for folder_name in folders:
absolute_path = os.path.join(root, folder_name)
relative_path = absolute_path.replace(parent_folder + '\\',
'')
print "Adding '%s' to archive." % absolute_path
zip_file.write(absolute_path, relative_path)
for file_name in files:
absolute_path = os.path.join(root, file_name)
relative_path = absolute_path.replace(parent_folder + '\\',
'')
print "Adding '%s' to archive." % absolute_path
zip_file.write(absolute_path, relative_path)
print "'%s' created successfully." % output_path
except IOError, message:
print message
sys.exit(1)
except OSError, message:
print message
sys.exit(1)
except zipfile.BadZipfile, message:
print message
sys.exit(1)
finally:
zip_file.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':
zip_folder(r'/usr/local/testlogs/test2/',
r'/usr/local/testlogs/test/zipfilename.zip')
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