zip all files individually in a folder problems

[lance bermudez]

Python 3.4 script that will individually zip all files in a dir folder


import shutil
import os
import zipfile

def csv_files(source_dir):
for filename in os.listdir(source_dir):
yield filename

source_dir = '/tmp/tester' # r'C:\users\xyz\Source\'
dest_dir = '/tmp/tester/test' # r'C:\users\xyz\Dest\'

os.chdir(dest_dir) # To work around zipfile limitations

for csv_filename in csv_files(source_dir):
file_root = os.path.splitext(csv_filename)[0]
zip_file_name = file_root + '.zip'
zip_file_path = os.path.join(dest_dir, zip_file_name)
with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file_path, mode='w') as zf:
zf.write(csv_filename)


error I'm getting


>>> ================================ RESTART ================================
>>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/lance/bin/python/zip_files_in_dir.py", line 21, in <module>
zf.write(csv_filename)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/zipfile.py", line 1326, in write
st = os.stat(filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'dice.py'

[spjackson]

The reason it is failing is that you give the name of the source file without any path and the file does not exist in the current directory (dest_dir).

Instead of this




os.chdir(dest_dir) # To work around zipfile limitations


do this


os.chdir(source_dir) # To work around zipfile limitations