[Tutor] Zip - password protect

[James Reynolds]

I tried that already.

that's only to set the default password to read the zip, not to set a
pasword (wording is misleading I think)

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com> wrote:

> On 8/23/2011 10:19 AM James Reynolds said...
>
>  Does anyone know if a way to password protect a zip file? I have no
>> issues creating the zip file, but I would like to password protect as
>> well. I'm aware of a commercial solution, but I would like something
>> open source.
>>
>>
>
> The standard zipfile library includes a setpassword option.
>
> help(zipfile.PyZipFile.**setpassword)
>
> Help on method setpassword in module zipfile:
>
> setpassword(self, pwd) unbound zipfile.PyZipFile method
>    Set default password for encrypted files.
>
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> Emile
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