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# brian greer
#4/2015
#directory of shapefiles to zip for zipping individual shapefiles
 
#import modules needed
import os
import glob
from zipfile import *
 
#define location of shapefiles and destination of zipped shapefiles
source = r"D:\ZipShp"
dest = r"D:\ZipShp\zip"
 
#change the current directory
os.chdir(source)
 
#test current directory
retval = os.getcwd()
print retval
 
#list all files with extension .shp
shps = glob.glob(source+"/*.shp")
print shps
 
# create empty list for zipfile names
ziplist = []
 
# create destination directory if it does not exist
if not os.path.exists(dest):
    os.makedirs(dest)
 
#populate ziplist list of unique shapefile root names by finding all files with .shp extension and removing extension
for name in shps:
  #prints full path for each shapefile
  print name
  #retrieves just the files name for each name in shps
  file = os.path.basename(name)
  #removes .shp extension
  names = file[:-4]
  #adds each shapefile name to ziplist list
  ziplist.append(names)
 
#prints ziplist to confirm shapefile root names have been added
print ziplist
 
#creates zipefiles in dest folder with basenames
for f in ziplist:
  # prints each itme in the ziplist
  print f
  #creates the name for each zipefile based on shapefile root names
  file_name = os.path.join(dest, f+".zip")
  #print to confirm
  print file_name
  #created the zipfiles with names defined above
  zips = ZipFile(file_name, "w")
  print zips
  #files lists all files with the current basename (f) from ziplist
  files = glob.glob(str(f)+".*")
  # iterate through each basename and add all shapefile components to the zipefile
  for s in files:
    print s
    zips.write(s)
  zips.close()

# brian greer #4/2015 #directory of shapefiles to zip for zipping individual shapefiles #import modules needed import os import glob from zipfile import * #define location of shapefiles and destination of zipped shapefiles source = r"D:\ZipShp" dest = r"D:\ZipShp\zip" #change the current directory os.chdir(source) #test current directory retval = os.getcwd() print retval #list all files with extension .shp shps = glob.glob(source+"/*.shp") print shps # create empty list for zipfile names ziplist = [] # create destination directory if it does not exist if not os.path.exists(dest): os.makedirs(dest) #populate ziplist list of unique shapefile root names by finding all files with .shp extension and removing extension for name in shps: #prints full path for each shapefile print name #retrieves just the files name for each name in shps file = os.path.basename(name) #removes .shp extension names = file[:-4] #adds each shapefile name to ziplist list ziplist.append(names) #prints ziplist to confirm shapefile root names have been added print ziplist #creates zipefiles in dest folder with basenames for f in ziplist: # prints each itme in the ziplist print f #creates the name for each zipefile based on shapefile root names file_name = os.path.join(dest, f+".zip") #print to confirm print file_name #created the zipfiles with names defined above zips = ZipFile(file_name, "w") print zips #files lists all files with the current basename (f) from ziplist files = glob.glob(str(f)+".*") # iterate through each basename and add all shapefile components to the zipefile for s in files: print s zips.write(s) zips.close()