makezip.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from zipfile import ZipFile
import zipfile
import sys
import os
import time
import datetime

def main():
    pwd = os.getcwd()
    source = sys.argv[1]
    # destination = sys.argv[2]
    start = datetime.datetime.now()
    with ZipFile('compression.zip', 'w',zipfile.ZIP_STORED, allowZip64 = True) as myzip:
        os.chdir(source)
        for root, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(source):
            for filename in filenames:
                full_path = os.path.relpath(os.path.join(root, filename))
                print 'zipping %s' % full_path
                myzip.write(full_path)
    finish = datetime.datetime.now()
    print start, finish           
    os.chdir(pwd)
    start = datetime.datetime.now()
    time.sleep(45)
    with zipfile.ZipFile('compression.zip', 'r') as myzip:
        print 'verifying..'
        print myzip.testzip()
    finish = datetime.datetime.now()
    print start, finish           
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()