[Tutor] Unzipping a Zip of folders that have zips within them that I'd like to unzip all at once.

[Oscar Benjamin]

On 24 September 2012 02:34, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 24 September 2012 02:22, Gregory Lund <gnj091405 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>  > You're trying to open the directory as if it were a zipfile. You should
>> > pass in the path to a zipfile not to a folder.
>>
>> Agreed, but how do I do that "pass in the path to a zipfile'?
>> Using an if statement I presume?
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > I guess my first issue is to resolve the 'Permission denied' problem.
>> > > And, I know I need an 'if' statement, somehow...
>> >
>> Yes, the permission denied problem seems to be the first real
>> obstacle, but I can't figure it out.
>> I tried searching online but everything I found to try, didn't work.
>>
>
> The permission error is because you are trying to open a folder as if it
> were a file. The operating system does not give you permission to do this
> because it is a nonsensical operation.
>
> > Remove the folder paths from the list of paths.
>>
>> How can I remove the folder paths from the list of paths?
>>
>
> You can do it with a list comprehension:
>
> import os.path
> paths = [p for p in paths if os.path.isdir(p)]
>

Sorry that should be (note the 'not'):
paths = [p for p in paths if not os.path.isdir(p)]

Oscar
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