Unzipping directory structure with python

Question

I have a zip file which contains the following directory structure:

dir1\\dir2\\dir3a
dir1\\dir2\\dir3b

I\'m trying to unzip it and maintai

Answer 1

If like me, you have to extract a complete zip archive with an older Python release (in my case, 2.4) here's what I came up with (based on Jeff's answer):

import zipfile
import os

def unzip(source_file_path, destination_dir):
    destination_dir += '/'
    z = zipfile.ZipFile(source_file_path, 'r')
    for file in z.namelist():
        outfile_path = destination_dir + file
        if file.endswith('/'):
            os.makedirs(outfile_path)
        else:
            outfile = open(outfile_path, 'wb')
            outfile.write(z.read(file))
            outfile.close()
    z.close()