creating zipfile with symlinks

[Tim Golden]

On 04/03/2016 11:03, crankypuss wrote:
> Larry Martell wrote:
> 
>> I have a script that creates zip files of dirs containing symlinks. I
>> was surprised to find that the zipfiles have zipped the targets of the
>> links as opposed to the links themselves, which is what I wanted and
>> expected. Googling I found this:
>>
>> https://doeidoei.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/compressing-files-with-python-symlink-trouble/
>>
>> Which I don't love as a solution. Anyone know a cleaner way to get
>> zipfile to zip the links?
> 
> I don't even know what "zipfile" is, is that a Windows command?  

It's a Python module:

https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/zipfile.html

TJG