difficult zipefile Question

[Dan Perl]

I'm going to take a break and have dinner.  My words are what's on the menu.

Dan

"Michael Hoffman" <m.h.3.9.1.without.dots.at.cam.ac.uk at example.com> wrote in 
message news:ck1tfn$q64$1 at gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...
> matthiasjanes wrote:
>> def zipit(path, ziper):
>>
>>   for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
>>
>>     for anyFile in files:
>>
>>       fullname = os.path.join(root, anyFile)
>
> Where is the "ziper" variable used? I don't see how this code does 
> anything except create an empty zipfile.
>
> $ python samplecode.py
>
> $ unzip test.zip
> Archive:  test.zip
> warning [test.zip]:  zipfile is empty
>
> If you Google for <zipfile empty> you will find a python-list thread with 
> this solution in it:
>
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-June/170526.html
>
> Alternatively you could submit a patch or a bug.
>
> HTH,
> -- 
> Michael Hoffman