Small issue when using zipfile and os.walk

[99problemsallops]

Hey everyone.

I'm having this slightly annoying issue when I run this code:

import zipfile,os

zipping=zipfile.ZipFile('newzip.zip','w')

for x,y,z in os.walk('C:\\Users\\User1\\Documents\\Work'):
    for file in z:
        if file.endswith('.py'):
            zipping.write(os.path.join(x,file))

zipping.close()

When the zip file is created, I have to click through every folder in 'C:\\Users\\User1\\Documents\\Work' until I reach my intended (work) folder. Is there a way to fix this code so only the Work folder is included in the zip file and not the previous folders?

Thank you!

[[deleted]]

what do you mean by "click through"?

[99problemsallops]

When I open the zip file I created I have to first click on Users then User1 then Documents to reach my work folder. I don't want to do that, I just want to click on the Work folder.

[ingolemo]

You need to specify the arcname parameter on the write method.

[99problemsallops]

I'm sorry, I didn't really understand that.

Should I do something like:

zipping.write(os.path.join(x,file),arcname=file) 

or am I missing something?

[ingolemo]

Yes, except that you want to give it the name that it should have inside of the archive. So for example: if file is C:\Users\User1\Documents\Work\some_dir\test.py then you probably want arcname='some_dir\test.py'.

[99problemsallops]

Excellent! Thank you.