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Python 3: working with files and digital assets/File/Compression
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Compression of files
Compression of entire directories
from shutil import make_archive
def main():
directory_to_save: str = 'C:\\Data_dir'
output_to: str = 'C:\\Archived.zip'
archive_location: str = make_archive(
output_to,
'zip',
directory_to_save
)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Compression with ZipFile
from zipfile import ZipFile
def main():
with ZipFile('test.zip', 'w') as object:
object.write('D:\\main.py', 'main.py')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()