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Since there is so much discussion on one of the threads on zipping/unzipping files and all the associated incompatibilities, is there a way to do this with Python and cut out the middleman?
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Python offers a number of modules providing easy file compression and decompression. Here are code snippets for two of the popular compression formats ...
zipfile -->
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet629.html
tarfile -->
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet630.html
zipfile -->
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tarfile -->
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet630.html
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Originally Posted by vegaseat 
Python offers a number of modules providing easy file compression and decompression. Here are code snippets for two of the popular compression formats ...
zipfile -->
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet629.html
tarfile -->
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet630.html
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Another question, can zipfile archive several files like tarfile? How would you save the decompresed files?
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Originally Posted by sneekula
Another question, can zipfile archive several files like tarfile? How would you save the decompresed files?
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet633.html
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