Keep windows from zipping up a file.

Bouzy

I wrote this script...

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 #!/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.

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 #!/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.

Keep windows from zipping up a file.

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