Python zipfile: Zip empty directories.

[Mark Wondratschek]

Hi!
I hope it's a simple question:
How can I pack empty directories? I want to mirror a whole directory
structure in an archive. So I want to zip non-empty AND empty directories.
Any ideas?
Thank you in advance!

Best regards

Mark

[Peter Otten]

Re: Python zipfile: Zip empty directories.

Mark Wondratschek wrote:
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> How can I pack empty directories? I want to mirror a whole directory
> structure in an archive. So I want to zip non-empty AND empty directories.
> Any ideas?[/color]

As far as I remember, the zip format does not support storing empty
directories. But you could put a file with an easily recognizable name in
all empty directories, e.g. __empty__.

Peter

[Mark Wondratschek]

Re: Python zipfile: Zip empty directories.

ThanX a lot Peter!

"Peter Otten" <__peter__@web. de> wrote in message
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> Mark Wondratschek wrote:
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> > but this must be supported by the zip format
> > ('cause winzip etc. does it this way). The empty-file idea was one of my
> > reflections, too. But I'm sure there must be better ways...[/color]
>
> See what I've found (did not test it myself) googling for
> zip empty directory:
>
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ne/170517.html
>
> Peter[/color]