> The built in zipfile.write doesn't seem to like  taking a directory instead
> of  a filename.

> for example:
> for each in listofdir:
>                 archive.write(each)

> blows up when one of the items listed in listofdir is a subdirectory.

>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/zipfile.py", line 405, in write
>     fp = open(filename, "rb")

> is there a mode or a '-r' style param I am missing?