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On 2016-03-03 20:58, Larry Martell wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a script that creates zip files of dirs containing symlinks. I
>> was surprised to find that the zipfiles have zipped the targets of the
>> links as opposed to the links themselves, which is what I wanted and
>> expected. Googling I found this:
>>
>> https://doeidoei.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/compressing-files-with-python-symlink-trouble/
>>
>> Which I don't love as a solution. Anyone know a cleaner way to get
>> zipfile to zip the links?
>
> Actually the code on that site doesn't work at all, so it's not a solution :-(
>
Is it even possible to zip a link?

A quick search came up with this:

Are hard links possible within a zip archive?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8859616/are-hard-links-possible-within-a-zip-archive