Python standard-library module provides tools to create, read, write, append, and list a ZIP file.
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Deleting a folder in a zip file using the Python zipfile module
Is it possible to delete a folder from inside a file using the ZipFile module in Python?
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zipfile several passwords match
I have very strange behavior with zipfile class and I hope that someone can help me solve the problem that bothers me.
I wrote a short script which tries to open zip file encrypted by password (it was ziped by WinRar), but turned out that zipfile…
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Trying to unzip a zipfile, then within the folders that result, find and unzip any/all zipfiles
I must use Python 2.6!
This is a task that I really want to automate, the situation is static and once I create this, I'll be golden (good).
I must create one, stand alone script (in Idle, I hope) that will:
Unzip a single original zipfile (in_Zip)…
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How to check if zipfile is not already closed
What is the best way in Python to check if a ZipFile object is not already closed?
For the moment I am doing this in a class:
try:
self.zf.open(archive_name).close()
except RuntimeError:
self.zf = zipfile.ZipFile(self.path)
with…
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Downloading a Zip file and extracting its content in Python
I have this code to download a zip file from a URL and extract the contents.
But the name of the excel file changes every month. This would result in duplicates getting created. And it is not possible to predict the names each time new data gets…
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Unzipping with specific name
Based on this answer, is there an option to rename the file when extracting it? Or what is the best solution to do so?
Didn't find anything on the documentation
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How do cancel an operation(unzip) in a few seconds in Python?
Some files do not know what they are from have long extract
For example, if it is not extracted for 60 seconds or the time is passed, I want to delete the original file to cancel the operation.
import pyzipper
with pyzipper.AESZipFile('test.zip',…
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how can i adding custom path for saving the zip_file
I am creating a zip file using the zipfile module. It works like a charm. but that's file, saved in the executed script place.
my script path is a:
[b]c:/User/Administrator/[/b]script.py
and the zipfile saved…
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zipfile extractall pauses script (Raspberry python3)
I have a dictionary with 10 words (one IS the correct password)
script on python3 (on Raspberry) iterates over dictionary
when it gets to the right password , pauses/stops (extracts the zip file) but resumes the script and does not exit nor it print…
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How to create a password protected zipfile using the zipfile module
I have a password protected zip-file called important.zip, it contains 1 folder, the password for the zip-file is 123, however when I use run this code with a wrong password the folder is still getting extracted, how can I make it that I can not…
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tkFileDialog and Zipfile error: "AttributeError: '_io.TextIOWrapper' object has no attribute 'namelist'"
I'm trying to use tkfiledialog to select a file, and then use Zipfile to extract the contents.
from zipfile import ZipFile
from tkinter import filedialog
ZipFile.extractall(filedialog.askopenfile())
Which returns this error:
AttributeError:…
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Python zipfile large file hangs forevers
python -m zipfile -c ~/testbig.zip ~/verylarge4gbfile.zip
It hangs forever.
Is there a better python library I can use?
I'm using the command as a POC that the library doesn't seem to work for large files, so I need another python library option,…
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The application “ ” can’t be opened. After extracting using zipfile in python macos
I'm unable to launch an application after using python to pull a build from a server and then extract. I get error message 'The application “ ” can’t be opened' Iv tried chmod +x on the executable in contents and then the application launches to a…
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I have a problem regarding extracting in python
I have been using the following code to extract the files:
import os, zipfile
extension = ".zip"
for item in os.listdir(dir_name): # loop through items in dir
if item.endswith(extension): # check for ".zip" extension
file_name =…
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