[Tutor] how to zip data?

[orbitz]

Doubtful, I don't think windows comes with any zip programs by default.  
python has a zipfile module, you should just use that.

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-zipfile.html

Ramkumar Parimal Alagan wrote:

>I am on windows XP,  new to Python.
>
>i'm learning to take back up, i want to know how to zip the data.
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>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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>import os
>import time
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>source = ['d:\\down']
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>
>target_dir = 'd:\\'
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>target = target_dir + time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') + '.zip'
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>zip_command = "zip -qr '%s' %s" % (target, ' '.join(source))
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>if os.system(zip_command) == 0:
>    print 'Successful backup to', target
>else:
>    print 'Backup FAILED'
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>
>++++++++++++++++++++
>
>is the zip command rite??
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