Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > >I want to create a zip file within a Python 2.7 program on windows. > > > >My code: > > > > cmd = ['7za.exe','a','-tzip',archive] + files > > status = subprocess.call(cmd) > > > My first thought would be... > > WHY spawn an OS dependent subprocess... > > Python has a zipfile library that is portable between OS. Along with > libraries for gzip, bzip2, and tarfiles...
Great hint! With the python modules zipfile and tarfile I have no more problems with non-ASCII filenames! It needed a little bit more programming with os.walk(), because zipfile cannot add directories recursivly. S:\>python fexit.py * framstag Container name: test creating C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fex\test.zip zip dist\fexit.exe zip mf.cmd zip fex.ico zip fexit.spec zip build\fexit\fexit.exe.manifest zip build\fexit\out00-Analysis.toc zip build\fexit\out00-EXE.toc zip build\fexit\out00-PKG.pkg zip build\fexit\out00-PKG.toc zip build\fexit\out00-PYZ.pyz zip build\fexit\out00-PYZ.toc zip build\fexit\out00-Tree.toc zip build\fexit\out01-Tree.toc zip build\fexit\warnfexit.txt zip fexit.py zip tar.py zip zip.py Recipient: frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de test.zip: 13 MB of 13 MB (100%) 28540 kB/s -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum IZUS/TIK E-Mail: horlac...@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Universitaet Stuttgart Tel: ++49-711-68565868 Allmandring 30a Fax: ++49-711-682357 70550 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
