On 2016-03-03 20:58, Larry Martell wrote:
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a script that creates zip files of dirs containing symlinks. I
was surprised to find that the zipfiles have zipped the targets of the
links as opposed to the links themselves, which is what I wanted and
expected. Googling I found this:
https://doeidoei.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/compressing-files-with-python-symlink-trouble/
Which I don't love as a solution. Anyone know a cleaner way to get
zipfile to zip the links?
Actually the code on that site doesn't work at all, so it's not a solution :-(
Is it even possible to zip a link?
A quick search came up with this:
Are hard links possible within a zip archive?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8859616/are-hard-links-possible-within-a-zip-archive
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