473,396 Members | 2,057 Online
Bytes | Software Development & Data Engineering Community
Post Job

Home Posts Topics Members FAQ

Join Bytes to post your question to a community of 473,396 software developers and data experts.

zipfile and soft links

Jim
Hello,

I'm trying to unzip archives that have soft links in them (that is,
were created on unix with a -y option). I'm not finding that ZipFile
will do that. That I can see, it creates the link file, and that file
has the right contents, but it is not a soft link in the directory
structure. (I've both tested it interactively and looked at the
zipfile.py source, and didn't see the behaviour in either place.)

If I have that wrong, I'd greatly appreciate it if some kind soul could
correct me.

If it does not do soft links, I wonder if someone has tried patching
it? That I can see the specs are on the web, at
ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/d...-iz-latest.zip , so I
wondered if someone who is a better programmer than I (not hard!) had
already done it. The alternative is to shell out, which happens to be
quite involved in the context that I am using (e.g., what if the soft
link is to '/bin/ls' ?).

Thanks,
Jim Hefferon

Dec 7 '05 #1
0 926

This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion.

Similar topics

1
by: Waitman Gobble | last post by:
Hello, I am new to Python. I am having trouble with zipfile.py. On a Linux machine with python 2.4.2 I have trouble opening a zipfile. Python is complaining about the bit where it does a...
3
by: towers | last post by:
Hi I'm probably doing something stupid but I've run into a problem whereby I'm trying to add a csv file to a zip archive - see example code below. The csv just has several rows with carriage...
5
by: Neil Crighton | last post by:
I'm using the zipfile library to read a zip file in Windows, and it seems to be adding too many newlines to extracted files. I've found that for extracted text-encoded files, removing all instances...
1
by: John Machin | last post by:
On Jun 4, 8:06 pm, jwesonga <crazylun...@gmail.comwrote: Nothing is ever as it seems. Let's try to work backwards from the error message ... and we don't need your magnificent script, just the...
0
by: Charles Arthur | last post by:
How do i turn on java script on a villaon, callus and itel keypad mobile phone
0
by: ryjfgjl | last post by:
In our work, we often receive Excel tables with data in the same format. If we want to analyze these data, it can be difficult to analyze them because the data is spread across multiple Excel files...
0
by: emmanuelkatto | last post by:
Hi All, I am Emmanuel katto from Uganda. I want to ask what challenges you've faced while migrating a website to cloud. Please let me know. Thanks! Emmanuel
1
by: nemocccc | last post by:
hello, everyone, I want to develop a software for my android phone for daily needs, any suggestions?
0
by: Hystou | last post by:
There are some requirements for setting up RAID: 1. The motherboard and BIOS support RAID configuration. 2. The motherboard has 2 or more available SATA protocol SSD/HDD slots (including MSATA, M.2...
0
marktang
by: marktang | last post by:
ONU (Optical Network Unit) is one of the key components for providing high-speed Internet services. Its primary function is to act as an endpoint device located at the user's premises. However,...
0
by: Hystou | last post by:
Most computers default to English, but sometimes we require a different language, especially when relocating. Forgot to request a specific language before your computer shipped? No problem! You can...
0
tracyyun
by: tracyyun | last post by:
Dear forum friends, With the development of smart home technology, a variety of wireless communication protocols have appeared on the market, such as Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc. Each...
0
agi2029
by: agi2029 | last post by:
Let's talk about the concept of autonomous AI software engineers and no-code agents. These AIs are designed to manage the entire lifecycle of a software development project—planning, coding, testing,...

By using Bytes.com and it's services, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

To disable or enable advertisements and analytics tracking please visit the manage ads & tracking page.