zip-dir - A little CLI utility for creating a .zip from directory tree. Because the usability of "zip" command is pure ass.

zip-dir.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""
Usage:
    $ zip-dir -i path/to/directory -o myarchive.zip --level 0

or more verbosely:
    $ zip-dir --input-dir path/to/directory --output-zip myarchive.zip --level 0

Install:
1. Download the script and place it into your path (e.g. ~/bin/zip-dir or ~/.local/bin/zip-dir)
2. Make it executable:
    $ chmod +x <path-to-the-file>
3. Run it:
    $ zip-dir -h
"""
from pathlib import Path
import subprocess
import argparse
import shlex

p = argparse.ArgumentParser(
    description='A little CLI utility for creating a .zip from directory tree. Because the usability of "zip" command is pure ass.'
)
p.add_argument("--input-dir", "-i", type=Path, required=True,
               help=("Input directory root. All files in the directory are archived. "
                     "File paths in the archive will be relative to this directory."))

p.add_argument("--output-zip", "-o", type=Path, required=True, help="Output file")
p.add_argument("--level", type=int, default=None, help="Compression level, in range 0..=9 where 0 = store only")

args = p.parse_args()
assert args.level is None or 0 <= args.level <= 9, "level min=0, max=9 where 0 = store only"

input_dir = args.input_dir.resolve().as_posix()
output_zip = args.output_zip.resolve().as_posix()

cmd = ["zip", "-r", output_zip, "."]

print(f"cd {output_zip} && {shlex.join(cmd)}")

subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=input_dir, check=True)