Save stuff to ZIPs

save-stuff-to-zips.py

import zipfile
import os
import glob

zipfilename = "/Users/mstucka/Dropbox/somedata.zip"
sourcedir = "somedata/"

filesalreadygot = []
if os.path.exists(zipfilename):
    with zipfile.ZipFile(zipfilename, 'r') as myzip:
        filesalreadygot = myzip.namelist()

filesavailable = list(glob.glob(sourcedir + "*"))
with zipfile.ZipFile(zipfilename, "a") as myzip:  # , compression="ZIP_DEFLATED", compresslevel=9
    for fileavailable in filesavailable:
        basefilename = fileavailable.replace("\\", "/").replace(sourcedir, "")
        if basefilename not in filesalreadygot:
            print(f"Adding {basefilename}")
            myzip.write(fileavailable, arcname=basefilename)