Python script with the aim of extracting and reconstructing OpenDocuments. Maybe it can be used for zip archive but it's not my focus now.

odt.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# usage: $ odt.py [action] [filename.odf]

import zipfile, sys, os
action = sys.argv[1]
archname = sys.argv[2]
src = './%s.src' % '.'.join(archname.split('.')[:-1])

def extract():
    if not os.path.exists(src):
        os.makedirs(src)
    
    with zipfile.ZipFile(archname, "r") as odt:
        odt.extractall(src)

def compress():    
    with zipfile.ZipFile(archname, "w") as odt:
        for dirname, subdirs, files in os.walk(src):
            odt.write(dirname)
            for filename in files:
                filepath = os.path.join(dirname, filename)
                odt.write(filepath, os.path.relpath(filepath, src))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if action == 'extract':
        print 'Extracting %s to %s...' % (archname, src)
        extract()
    else:
        print 'Creating %s file from content in %s...' % (archname, src)
        compress()