archiving a folder with python

zip_this_folder.py

from pathlib import Path
import zipfile


def _walk(path: Path) -> []:
    all_files = []
    for x in path.iterdir():
        if x.is_dir():
            all_files.extend(_walk(x))
        else:
            all_files.append(x)
    return all_files


def zip_files(path: Path, archive_name: str):
    all_files = _walk(path)
    with zipfile.ZipFile(f'{archive_name}', 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zipf:
        for f in all_files:
            zipf.write(f)
        zipf.close()


def zip_this_folder():
    print('compressing...')
    zip_files(Path.cwd(), 'current_folder.zip')
    print('...compression done!')
    

if __name__ == "__main__":
    zip_this_folder()