Creating Self Extracting Zip using Python

[Josiah Carlson]

>     Are there any utility that can be call by python to create self 
> extracting zip file. I'm now using the powerarchiever. But the command 
> line options aren't flexible enough. Basically, I would like to create a 
> self extracting zip with default file path extraction and force 
> over-write. The powerArchiever just don't let me call it unless I'm 
> using the GUI.
>     Any idea, experience and suggestion are welcome.
>     Thank you.

You are in the wrong newsgroup.

To answer your question, any command-line utility can be called with 
os.system.

Pick any command-line utility you want.  I prefer Info-zip:
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/

  - Josiah