Creating Zip File from Folders

Adding folders to a zip file using python

Ok, after i understood what you want, it is as simple as using the second argument of zipfile.write, where you can use whatever you want:

import zipfile
myZipFile = zipfile.ZipFile("zip.zip", "w" )
myZipFile.write("test.py", "dir\\test.py", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED )

creates a zipfile where test.py would be extracted to a directory called dir

EDIT:
I once had to create an empty directory in a zip file: it is possible.
after the code above just delete the file test.py from the zipfile, the file is gone, but the empty directory stays.

How to create a zip archive of a directory?

As others have pointed out, you should use zipfile. The documentation tells you what functions are available, but doesn't really explain how you can use them to zip an entire directory. I think it's easiest to explain with some example code:

import os
import zipfile
    
def zipdir(path, ziph):
    # ziph is zipfile handle
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
        for file in files:
            ziph.write(os.path.join(root, file), 
                       os.path.relpath(os.path.join(root, file), 
                                       os.path.join(path, '..')))

with zipfile.ZipFile('Python.zip', 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zipf:
    zipdir('tmp/', zipf)

Creating Directories in a ZipArchive C# .Net 4.5

You can use something like the following, in other words, create the directory structure by hand:

using (var fs = new FileStream("1.zip", FileMode.Create))
using (var zip = new ZipArchive(fs, ZipArchiveMode.Create))
{
    zip.CreateEntry("12/3/"); // just end with "/"
}

Create zip file from all files in folder

Referencing System.IO.Compression and System.IO.Compression.FileSystem in your Project

using System.IO.Compression;

string startPath = @"c:\example\start";//folder to add
string zipPath = @"c:\example\result.zip";//URL for your ZIP file
ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath, CompressionLevel.Fastest, true);
string extractPath = @"c:\example\extract";//path to extract
ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);

To use files only, use:

//Creates a new, blank zip file to work with - the file will be
//finalized when the using statement completes
using (ZipArchive newFile = ZipFile.Open(zipName, ZipArchiveMode.Create))
{
    foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(myPath))
    {
        newFile.CreateEntryFromFile(file, System.IO.Path.GetFileName(file));
    }              
}

How do i compress multiple folders into zipped folders without creating subfolders?

for /D %%X in (*) do c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"%%X.zip" ".%%X*"

pause

just needed to add .\ to to "%%X" (from "%%X" to ".%%d*")

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