Created zipfile without all the subfolder?

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Created zipfile without all the subfolder? - korenron - Jun-23-2021

Helllo ,
I want to create a zip file that contiens only 1 file
this is what I have done:

 with ZipFile(ZipLocation, 'w') as zipObj:
        zipObj.write(OutputFile, compress_type=compression)

this create me 1 zip file as planed

but when I open the zip file I need to go to 4 folders
/home/pi/logs/Outputfile.txt

I have also try to cut the location

ZipLocation = '/home/pi/logs/CanBusData.zip'
ZipName = ZipLocation.split(os.sep)[-1]
    with ZipFile(ZipLocation, 'w') as zipObj:
        zipObj.write(OutputFile, arcname=ZipName,  compress_type=compression)

but then he create me a zip inside the zip and it't corrupted

what do I need to do in order to make put only the OutputFile.txt in the zip ?

Thanks ,

RE: Created zipfile without all the subfolder? - Axel_Erfurt - Jun-23-2021

this works for me,

import zipfile
zip_location = "test.zip"
text_file = "test.txt"

with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_location, 'w') as zipObj:
       zipObj.write(text_file)

RE: Created zipfile without all the subfolder? - Axel_Erfurt - Jun-23-2021

or if you want to use full paths,

import zipfile       
from os.path import basename

zip_location = "/tmp/test.zip"
text_file = "/tmp/test.txt"

with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_location, 'w') as zipObj:
    zipObj.write(text_file, basename(text_file))

RE: Created zipfile without all the subfolder? - korenron - Jun-23-2021

this is what I wanted

thank you !!

so simple solution for a simple problem
:-)