unzip a directory of zip files to a destination directory

unpack_zips.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Wed Jun  6 11:51:58 2018
unzip a directory of zip files to a destination directory
@author: jsaracen
"""

import zipfile
import os
      
      
source_dir = r"\temp_dir"
dest_dir = r"\r_package_dir"
file_ext = ".zip"

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(source_dir):
  for file in files:
    if file.endswith(file_ext):
      path = os.path.join(root, file)
      zip_ref = zipfile.ZipFile(path, 'r')
      zip_ref.extractall(dest_dir)
      zip_ref.close()