How do I set permissions (attributes) on a file in a ZIP file using Python's zipfile module?

Question

When I extract files from a ZIP file created with the Python zipfile module, all the files are not writable, read only etc.

The file is being created and extracted u

Answer 1

Also look at what Python's zipfile module does:

def write(self, filename, arcname=None, compress_type=None):
    ...
    st = os.stat(filename)
    ...
    zinfo = ZipInfo(arcname, date_time)
    zinfo.external_attr = (st[0] & 0xFFFF) << 16L      # Unix attributes
    ...

```