[Zip dir function w/ exclude dirs] Zip up directory excluding some dirs #python

snippets.py

exclude = ['dir1','dir2']
def zipdir(path, ziph, exclude):
    '''Zip up the directory excluding some subdirs'''
    # ziph is zipfile handle
    for dirname, subdirs, files in os.walk(path):
        subdirs[:] = [d for d in subdirs if d not in exclude]
        for file in files:
            ziph.write(os.path.join(dirname, file))