How to unzip a file with Python 2.4?

Question

I\'m having a hard time figuring out how to unzip a zip file with 2.4. extract() is not included in 2.4. I\'m restricted to using 2.4.4 on my server.

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Answer 1

There's some problem with Vinko's answer (at least when I run it). I got:

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '01org-webapps-countingbeads-422c4e1/'

Here's how to solve it:

# unzip a file
def unzip(path):
    zfile = zipfile.ZipFile(path)
    for name in zfile.namelist():
        (dirname, filename) = os.path.split(name)
        if filename == '':
            # directory
            if not os.path.exists(dirname):
                os.mkdir(dirname)
        else:
            # file
            fd = open(name, 'w')
            fd.write(zfile.read(name))
            fd.close()
    zfile.close()