In this article we will discuss how to create a zip archive from selected files or files from a directory based on filters.
Python's zipfile module provides a ZipFile class for zip file related stuff. Let's use this to create a zip archive file.
Find and select the files and/or folders you want to zip. Right-click the highlighted area. In the WinZip sub-menu, choose either: Add to filename.zip(x) Add to Zip file – this option lets you specify your own Zip file name, compression type, encryption, conversion options, and destination folder. For example, if your archive is RAR format, but you want it to be ZIP format, then you can follow the steps below to convert RAR archive to ZIP format in WinRAR. Steps to Convert RAR Archive to ZIP Format in WinRAR: 1. Run WinRAR in computer. Navigate to the location where the RAR archive saves in Window address bar. And select the RAR.
First import the class from module i.e.
Create a zip archive from multiple files in Python
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- Create a ZipFile object by passing the new file name and mode as ‘w' (write mode). It will create a new zip file and open it within ZipFile object.
- Call write() function on ZipFile object to add the files in it.
- call close() on ZipFile object to Close the zip file.
It will create a zip file ‘sample.zip' with given files inside it.
We can do the same thing with 'with open' . It will automatically close the zip file when ZipFile object goes out of scope i.e.
Create a zip archive of a directory
To zip all the contents of a directory in a zip archive, we need to iterate over all the files in directory and it's sub directories, then add each entry to the zip file using ZipFile.write()
It will zip all the contents of a directory in to a single zip file i.e ‘sampleDir.zip'. It's contents will be,
First import the class from module i.e.
Create a zip archive from multiple files in Python
How to use xbox app as mic on phone. Steps are,
- Create a ZipFile object by passing the new file name and mode as ‘w' (write mode). It will create a new zip file and open it within ZipFile object.
- Call write() function on ZipFile object to add the files in it.
- call close() on ZipFile object to Close the zip file.
It will create a zip file ‘sample.zip' with given files inside it.
We can do the same thing with 'with open' . It will automatically close the zip file when ZipFile object goes out of scope i.e.
Create a zip archive of a directory
To zip all the contents of a directory in a zip archive, we need to iterate over all the files in directory and it's sub directories, then add each entry to the zip file using ZipFile.write()
It will zip all the contents of a directory in to a single zip file i.e ‘sampleDir.zip'. It's contents will be,
Zip selected files from a directory based on filter or wildcards
How to erase os from hard drive. To zip selected files from a directory we need to check the condition on each file path while iteration before adding it to zip file.
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Let's create function that Iterates over a directory and filter the contents with given callback. Files which pass the filter will only be added in zip i.e.
Let's zip only csv files from a directory i.e. pass a lambda function as argument in it.
It will create a zip archive ‘sampleDir2.zip' with all csv files from given directory.
Complete example is as follows:
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How To Create A Zip Archive
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