Compress Directory to Zip File

This function compresses all files in the specified directory into a zip file and outputs it to the specified path.

Technology Stack : os, zipfile, pathlib

Code Type : File compression

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_file_files(directory, output_zip):
    import os
    import zipfile
    from pathlib import Path

    with zipfile.ZipFile(output_zip, 'w') as zipf:
        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
            for file in files:
                file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
                zipf.write(file_path, arcname=file_path[len(directory):])
    return True