On 04/03/2016 11:03, crankypuss wrote: > Larry Martell 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? > > I don't even know what "zipfile" is, is that a Windows command?
It's a Python module: https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/zipfile.html TJG -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list