Keep windows from zipping up a file.

[Bouzy]

I wrote this script...

#!/usr/bin/python
# Filename: backup_zip.py

import os, zipfile, time, datetime, glob
from os.path import splitext, relpath, split

r = 1
cwd = os.getcwd()
today = datetime.date.today()
             
def backup():

   for dirpath,dirs,files in os.walk(cwd):

      for file in files:
   
         z_path = os.path.relpath(dirpath)
         filename = os.path.split(cwd)[1]
         arcfile_name = r"%s_%s.zip" % (filename,today)
         fileList = [z_path] 
 
         output = zipfile.ZipFile(arcfile_name, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

         print "\n "
         for i in fileList:
            if i == 'backup_zip.py':
               print '- backup_zip.py'
            else:
               print "archiving file '%s'" % (i)
               output.write(i)
         output.close()
         print "\n "


if __name__=='__main__':
      
   while r == 1:

      print "This script when run backs up files in a directory by comressing them to zips. "
      begin = raw_input("Do you wish to back up files in this directory [type: yes or no] ")   

      if begin == "yes":
         r = 1
         backup()
         time.sleep(8)
         r = 0
         break
      elif begin == "no":
         r = 0
      else:
         print "Enter yes or no"

the script is in a file called backup_zip.py, and when I run the script its purpose is to zip up files in the directory that the script is in. However, currently it also zips up backup_zip.py (the script I wrote) and I don't want that. I tried preventing that above with the if i == 'backup.. but it didnt' work. How would i do this?

[bvdet]

I took out some things that I thought unnecessary, and moved assignment of output out of the for loop. This will skip the script.[code=Python]#!/usr/bin/python
# Filename: backup_zip.py

import os, zipfile, time, datetime, glob
from os.path import splitext, split

cwd = os.getcwd()
today = datetime.date.t oday()

def backup():
filename = os.path.split(c wd)[1]
arcfile_name = r"%s_%s.zip" % (filename,today )
output = zipfile.ZipFile (arcfile_name, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEF LATED)

for dirpath,dirs,fi les in os.walk(cwd):
for f in files:
fn = os.path.join(di rpath, f)
if f == 'backup_zip.py' :
print '- backup_zip.py'
else:
print "archiving file '%s'" % (fn)
output.write(fn )
output.close()
print "\n "


if __name__=='__ma in__':

print "This script when run backs up files in a directory by comressing them to zips. "
begin = raw_input("Do you wish to back up files in this directory [type: yes or no] ")

if begin == "yes":
backup()[/code]You should realize that this archives files in subdirectories under your current working directory.