Many thanks Ben! That is exactly what I was looking for and it's super easy. Thanks again!
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Anthony Papillion <papill...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I'm creating an archive of a directory using shutil.make_archive and > > need to skip a single file if it is present in that directory. Is > > there a way to do this or should I be looking to ZipFile to meet this > > need? > > You can create a hierarchy of files the way you want it, and then use > ‘shutil.make_archive’ once the tree is the way you want it. > > * Use ‘tempfile.mkdtemp’ to create a unique temporary working directory, > and bind its name to ‘working_dir’. > > * Use ‘shutil.copytree’ to copy the entire hierarchy from its permanent > location to the temporary ‘working_dir’ location. > > * Use other ‘shutil’ functions to manipulate the files in ‘working_dir’ > the way you want. > > * Use ‘shutil.make_archive’ to create an archive of the files from > ‘working_dir’. > > * Use ‘shutil.rmtree’ to remove the ‘working_dir’. > > -- > \ “All television is educational television. The question is: | > `\ what is it teaching?” —Nicholas Johnson | > _o__) | > Ben Finney > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
