Unzipping Files

[Larry Bates]

Use something like:

import zipfile
zfile=zipfile.ZipFile(zipfilename,'r')
contents=zfile.read(filenametoread)

Stripped out of a working program, but not tested.

-Larry Bates


Greg Lindstrom wrote:
> Hello-
> I am trying to read a file from a zip archive.  I have read the
> documentation on zipfile and can read the names of the files in the
> archive and the length of each file, but do not see how to get to the
> actual data from any given file.  This is probably so simple that it
> hurts, so take it easy on me if you please...I just don't see it and
> have a deadline rushing towards me.  How do I read the data from a file
> in a zip archive?
> 
> Thanks!
> --greg
>