A python script that zips files individually and recursively from the location where it is executed or the path given as an argument.

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ZIP-ALL

A python script that zips files individually and recursively from the location where it is executed or the path given as an argument.

Warning

• THIS VERSION IS NOT TESTED! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
• All original files will be deleted once compressed!
• Try to avoid running it multiple times, it does not exclude known compressed formats like other zip or rar.
• This script uses the highest compression rate available. Note that compression can take a lot of time and power.

Instructions

Run this script in the folder whose files you want to individually and recursively compress like this:

python zip-all.py

Or you can specify the folder by running :

python zip-all.py the/path/you/want/to/recursively/zip

zip-all.py

from pathlib import Path
import zipfile, os
from sys import argv

folder_path = argv[1] if (len(argv) > 1) else "."
file_list = list(Path(folder_path).rglob("*"))

for file_path in file_list:
    zip_path = Path.joinpath(file_path.parent, file_path.stem + ".zip")
    zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(file=zip_path, mode='w', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, compresslevel=9)
    try:
        print(f"Compressing: {file_path.name} into:", zip_path)
        zip_file.write(filename=file_path, arcname=file_path.name)
        zip_file.close()
        try:
            print("Removing :", file_path)
            os.remove(file_path)
            print("Original file removed!")
        except Exception as e:
            print("Original file failed to be removed...\n", e)
        print("Compression done!")
    except zipfile.error as e:
        zip_file.close()
        print("An error occured !\n", e)

    print("\nAll compression done !\n")