Zipping files

[Tim Golden]

dp_pearce wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have come across an error while using zipfile and I can't seem to
> find somewhere that explains the problem. My script needs to be able
> to take text files from one drive and add them to zip files on another
> drive. The following seems to work just fine.
> 
> import zipfile
> 
> # write test file in working directory directory
> folder = "J:/"
> filename = "testing.txt"
> fullpath = folder+filename
> fout = open(fullpath, 'wt')
> fout.write(str1)
> fout.close()
> 
> # Add text file to zip file on same drive
> zFolder = "J:/"
> zFilename = "testing.zip"
> zFullpath = zFolder+zFilename
> zout = zipfile.ZipFile(zFullpath, "w")
> zout.write(fullpath)
> zout.close()
> print fullpath, "successfully added to", zFullpath
> 
> However, if I change the drive letters to anything other than the
> drive from which the Python script is saved (e.g. run script from J:
> but zip to C:), I get the following warning:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "J:/test.py", line 18, in <module>
>     zout = zipfile.ZipFile(zFullpath, "w")
> File "C:\Python25\lib\zipfile.py", line 339, in __init__
>     self.fp = open(file, modeDict[mode])
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:/testing.zip'
> 
> Can anyopne shed some light on what I am missing here? If it has any
> relevance to the permissions part of the error, I am currently using
> Windows machines.


Is it possible that you don't in fact have permission
to write to c:\? I seem to recall that non-power-users
on XP don't have that permission, and I bet that Vista
makes that even more restrictive.

TJG