zip-files
Command line utilities for creating zip files.
Provides the zip-files and zip-folder command line utilities. These are
intended as an easy platform-independent tool to create zip files with
an arbitrary file name and an arbitrary root (the top-level folder after
extracting a zip) from files and folders at arbitrary locations on the file
system.
Typical usage includes:
-
Deploy zip archives of Sphinx-documentation while releasing Python packages:
zip-folder --auto-root --outfile docs/_build/artifacts/mypackage-v1.0.0.zip docs/_build/html
creates a file
mypackage-v1.0.0.zipindocs/_build/artifactsthat unzips as a foldermypackage-v1.0.0containing the files originally indocs/_build/html/. -
Create zip files pulled together from different locations, for emailing:
zip-files -a -o report.zip ./report2020-01.tex /scratch/project/plots/*.pdfcreates a file
report.zipthat unzips as a folderreportcontaining the filereport2020-01.texand all the pdf files originally in/scratch/project/plots/.zip-files -f report2020-01 -o report.zip ./report2020-01.tex /scratch/project/plots/*.pdfdoes the same, but unzips as a folder
report2020-01instead ofreport.
Development of zip-files happens on Github.
Installation
To install the latest released version of zip-files, run this command in your terminal:
pip install zip_filesThis is the preferred method to install zip-files, as it will always install
the most recent stable release. It will result in the executable commands
zip-files and zip-folder being added to your environment's bin
folder.
Usage
zip-files
Usage: zip-files [OPTIONS] [FILES]...
Create a zip file containing FILES.
Options:
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
--version Show the version and exit.
--debug Activate debug logging.
-f, --root-folder ROOT_FOLDER Folder name to prepend to FILES inside the
zip file.
-c, --compression [stored|deflated|bzip2|lzma]
Zip compression method. The following
methods are available: "stored": no
compression; "deflated": the standard zip
compression method; "bzip2": BZIP2
compression method (part of the zip standard
since 2001); "lzma": LZMA compression method
(part of the zip standard since 2006).
[default: deflated]
-a, --auto-root If given in combination with --outfile, use
the stem of the OUTFILE (without path and
extension) as the value for ROOT_FOLDER
-x, --exclude GLOB_PATTERN Glob-pattern to exclude. This is matched
from the right against all paths in the zip
file, see Python pathlib's Path.match
method. This option can be given multiple
times.
-X, --exclude-from FILE File from which to read a list of glob-
patterns to exclude, cf. --exclude. Each
line in FILE is one pattern. This option can
be given multiple times.
--exclude-dotfiles / --include-dotfiles
Whether or not to include dotfiles in the
zip files. By default, dotfiles are
included.
--exclude-vcs / --include-vcs Whether or not to include files and
directories commonly used by version control
systems. (Git, CVS, RCS, SCCS, SVN, Arch,
Bazaar, Mercurial, and Darcs), e.g.
'.git/', '.gitignore' '.gitmodules'
'.gitattributes' for Git. By default, VCS
are included.
--exclude-git-ignores / --include-git-ignores
Whether or not to look for .gitignore files
and to process them for exclude patterns.
Note that the .gitignore file itself is
still included in the zip archive unless
--exclude-vcs is given. By default,
.gitignore files are not processed.
-o, --outfile OUTFILE The path of the zip file to be written. By
default, the file is written to stdout.zip-folder
Usage: zip-folder [OPTIONS] FOLDER
Create a zip file containing the FOLDER.
Options:
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
--version Show the version and exit.
--debug Activate debug logging.
-f, --root-folder ROOT_FOLDER Folder name to use as the top level folder
inside the zip file (replacing FOLDER).
-c, --compression [stored|deflated|bzip2|lzma]
Zip compression method. The following
methods are available: "stored": no
compression; "deflated": the standard zip
compression method; "bzip2": BZIP2
compression method (part of the zip standard
since 2001); "lzma": LZMA compression method
(part of the zip standard since 2006).
[default: deflated]
-a, --auto-root If given in combination with --outfile, use
the stem of the OUTFILE (without path and
extension) as the value for ROOT_FOLDER
-x, --exclude GLOB_PATTERN Glob-pattern to exclude. This is matched
from the right against all paths in the zip
file, see Python pathlib's Path.match
method. This option can be given multiple
times.
-X, --exclude-from FILE File from which to read a list of glob-
patterns to exclude, cf. --exclude. Each
line in FILE is one pattern. This option can
be given multiple times.
--exclude-dotfiles / --include-dotfiles
Whether or not to include dotfiles in the
zip files. By default, dotfiles are
included.
--exclude-vcs / --include-vcs Whether or not to include files and
directories commonly used by version control
systems. (Git, CVS, RCS, SCCS, SVN, Arch,
Bazaar, Mercurial, and Darcs), e.g.
'.git/', '.gitignore' '.gitmodules'
'.gitattributes' for Git. By default, VCS
are included.
--exclude-git-ignores / --include-git-ignores
Whether or not to look for .gitignore files
and to process them for exclude patterns.
Note that the .gitignore file itself is
still included in the zip archive unless
--exclude-vcs is given. By default,
.gitignore files are not processed.
-o, --outfile OUTFILE The path of the zip file to be written. By
default, the file is written to stdout.
