zipfile and file permissions

[Robert Kern]

Pete Forman wrote:
> I'm trying to move the building of a zip file from a shell script into
> python.  It is mostly working but when I unzip the files the UNIX
> permissions are not preserved.  The zip program I've been using is the
> standard(?) one on Linux, from Info-Zip.  Presumably I need to do
> something with external_attr in ZipInfo, any pointers?

C.f.: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pythonmac-sig/2005-March/013491.html

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