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import os

from datetime import datetime

from zipfile import ZipFile

# set file name and time of creation

today = datetime.now()

file_name = 'zipper_' + today.strftime('%Y.%m.%dh%H%M') + '.zip'

dir_name = 'tmp/' # update path

def zipdir(path, zip):

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):

for file in files:

zip.write(os.path.join(root, file))

if __name__ == '__main__':

zipfile = ZipFile(file_name, 'w')

zipdir(dir_name, zipfile)

zipfile.close()