Keep windows from zipping up a file.

[Bouzy]

I wrote this script...

#!/usr/bin/python
# Filename: backup_zip.py
 
import os, zipfile, time, datetime, glob
from os.path import splitext, relpath, split
 
r = 1
cwd = os.getcwd()
today = datetime.date.today()
 
def backup():
 
   for dirpath,dirs,files in os.walk(cwd):
 
      for file in files:
 
         z_path = os.path.relpath(dirpath)
         filename = os.path.split(cwd)[1]
         arcfile_name = r"%s_%s.zip" % (filename,today)
         fileList = [z_path] 
 
         output = zipfile.ZipFile(arcfile_name, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
 
         print "\n "
         for i in fileList:
            if i == 'backup_zip.py':
               print '- backup_zip.py'
            else:
               print "archiving file '%s'" % (i)
               output.write(i)
         output.close()
         print "\n "
 
 
if __name__=='__main__':
 
   while r == 1:
 
      print "This script when run backs up files in a directory by comressing them to zips. "
      begin = raw_input("Do you wish to back up files in this directory [type: yes or no] ")   
 
      if begin == "yes":
         r = 1
         backup()
         time.sleep(8)
         r = 0
         break
      elif begin == "no":
         r = 0
      else:
         print "Enter yes or no"
 
 
 
 

the script is in a file called backup_zip.py, and when I run the script its purpose is to zip up files in the directory that the script is in. However, currently it also zips up backup_zip.py (the script I wrote) and I don't want that. I tried preventing that above with the if i == 'backup.. but it didnt' work. How would i do this?

[bvdet]

I took out some things that I thought unnecessary, and moved assignment of output out of the for loop. This will skip the script.

#!/usr/bin/python
# Filename: backup_zip.py
 
import os, zipfile, time, datetime, glob
from os.path import splitext, split
 
cwd = os.getcwd()
today = datetime.date.today()
 
def backup():
    filename = os.path.split(cwd)[1]
    arcfile_name = r"%s_%s.zip" % (filename,today)
    output = zipfile.ZipFile(arcfile_name, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
 
    for dirpath,dirs,files in os.walk(cwd):
        for f in files:
            fn = os.path.join(dirpath, f)
            if f == 'backup_zip.py':
                print '- backup_zip.py'
            else:
                print "archiving file '%s'" % (fn)
                output.write(fn)
    output.close()
    print "\n "
 
 
if __name__=='__main__':
 
    print "This script when run backs up files in a directory by comressing them to zips. "
    begin = raw_input("Do you wish to back up files in this directory [type: yes or no] ")   
 
    if begin == "yes":
        backup()

You should realize that this archives files in subdirectories under your current working directory.