[Tutor] Unzipping a Zip of folders that have zips within them that I'd like to unzip all at once.

[Peter Otten]

Gregory Lund wrote:

>> Using Peter's code, if you create a plain text file called
>> "unzip_twice.py" containing:
>>
>>
>> import glob
>> import os
>> import sys
>> import zipfile
>>
>> source_file = sys.argv[1]
>> dest_folder = sys.argv[2]
>>
>> zipfile.ZipFile(source_file).extractall(dest_folder)
>>
>> inner_zips_pattern = os.path.join(dest_folder, "*.zip")
>> for filename in glob.glob(inner_zips_pattern):
>>     inner_folder = filename[:-4]
>>     zipfile.ZipFile(filename).extractall(inner_folder)
>>
> Consider it done, i have a new .py file saved as 'unzip_twice.py'
> pasted below:
> 
> import glob
> import os
> import sys
> import zipfile
> 
> source_file = sys.argv[1]
> dest_folder = sys.argv[2]
> 
> zipfile.ZipFile(source_file).extractall(dest_folder)
> 
> inner_zips_pattern = os.path.join(dest_folder, "*.zip")
> for filename in glob.glob(inner_zips_pattern):
>     inner_folder = filename[:-4]
>     zipfile.ZipFile(filename).extractall(inner_folder)
> 
>>
>> and then run it from the shell like this:
>>
>> python unzip_twice.py NAME-OF-ZIP-FILE NAME-OF-FOLDER-TO-EXTRACT-TO
>>
> In the IDLE 2.6.5 shell I typed (exactly what is in quotes, without

Don't use Idle, follow the instructions on

http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2009/08/how-to-open-dos-prompt-command-here-in-windows-7-and-more/

If you see the ugly little black window you are there an can type in your command.