People make use of zip files to store data on their computers and even transmit files over the Internet. Zipping data through different applications available out there, helps to pack a group of files into a single archive that takes less space than the originals.
Almost everyone who is reading this article had to zip files on their computer with the main purpose of sharing them via email, at least once in their own lives. Zipping files into archives is not rocket science. There are many free applications shared on the Internet that can help the user accomplish that.
Being a coder and passionate about discovering new ways of achieving computer tasks, I thought to give a try to available Python libraries to zip my files.
Although there are many ways to automatically zip files with the help of the Python computer programming language, this article will treat two of them. Continue reading “How to automatically zip your files with Python”