File Install Program Using Python?

[Tim Golden]

>From: CB Hamlyn [mailto:cbh at newenglandhomes.net]
...
>Anyway, I want to create an installation program that takes a 
>folder and all
>it's sub-folders and copies them from a compressed form into the proper
>directory.  Basically a simplified version InstallSheild or whatever.
...
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>CB Hamlyn
>

You want to be looking at the zipfile and/or gzip and/or bz2 modules:

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-bz2.html

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-gzip.html

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-zipfile.html

TJG


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