Download all files within directory tree in Python

downloadTree.md

Creating Zips

import shutil
import os

cwd = os.getcwd()

zip_name = 'test' # Name of .zip
directory_name = cwd # Current working dir where .zip downloads to

# Create 'path\to\test.zip'
shutil.make_archive(zip_name, 'zip', directory_name)

Similar to the linux/unix tar version (can run from .ipynb -- note "!")

!tar cvfz test.tar.gz *