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How to Compress a Folder in Python While Preserving Directory Structure

A Python function that uses zipfile to recursively compress a folder, maintaining the original directory hierarchy inside the zip archive.

compression zipfile file-archiving
Python 
import os
import zipfile
from pathlib import Path

def compress_folder(source_dir: str, output_zip: str):
    """
    Compress a folder into a zip file, preserving the directory structure.
    
    Args:
        source_dir: Path to the source directory to compress
        output_zip: Path for the output zip file
    "…
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