Re.'Compressing folders in Windows using Python'

[Peter Hansen]

sri2097 wrote:
> Hi all,This is in reply to the 'Compressing folders in Windows using
> Python' query I raised y'day.
> 
> I figured out that windows does not allow command line zipping so I
> started looking for alternatives.
> 
> I found some modules in Perl which does zipping. I guess it goes by the
> name 'gzip'. I plan to write the zipping feature in Perl and import it
> into Python.

Cool!  When you're done, check out 
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-gzip.html and see how yours compares 
with the standard one... ;-)

-Peter