Python gzip folder structure when zipping single file

Question

I\'m using Python\'s gzip module to gzip content for a single file, using code similar to the example in the docs:

import gzip
content = \"Lots of content he         


        

Answer 1

If you set your current working directory to your output folder, you can then call gzip.open("file.txt.gz") and the gz file will be created without the hierarchy

import os
import gzip
content = "Lots of content here"
outputPath = '/home/joe/file.txt.gz'
origDir = os.getcwd()
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(outputPath))
f = gzip.open(os.path.basename(outputPath), 'wb')
f.write(content)
f.close()
os.chdir(origDir)