To create a password encrypted zip file in python. And the zip file is able to extract in WINDOWS. This is a simple Minizip wrapper of python. (http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/minizip.html) This software uses zlib. License: zlib/libpng License. install zlib linux: $ sudo apt-get install zlib mac: $ sudo port install zlib install pyminizip $ pip install pyminizip ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provides three functions. ============================== pyminizip.compress("/srcfile/path.txt", "file_path_prefix", "/distfile/path.zip", "password", int(compress_level)) Args: 1. src file path (string) 2. src file prefix path (string) or None (path to prepend to file) 3. dst file path (string) 4. password (string) or None (to create no-password zip) 5. compress_level(int) between 1 to 9, 1 (more fast) <---> 9 (more compress) or 0 (default) Return value: - always returns None pyminizip.compress_multiple([u'pyminizip.so', 'file2.txt'], [u'/path_for_file1', u'/path_for_file2'], "file.zip", "1233", 4, progress) Args: 1. src file LIST path (list) 2. src file LIST prefix path (list) or [] 3. dst file path (string) 4. password (string) or None (to create no-password zip) 5. compress_level(int) between 1 to 9, 1 (more fast) <---> 9 (more compress) 6. optional function to be called during processing which takes one argument, the count of how many files have been compressed Return value: - always returns None pyminizip.uncompress("/srcfile/path.zip", "password", "/dirtoextract", int(withoutpath)) 1. src file path (string) 2. password (string) or None (to unzip encrypted archives) 3. dir path to extract files or None (to extract in a specific dir or cwd) 4. withoutpath (exclude path of extracted) Return value: - always returns None ==============================