How to zip a folder or a file from an absolute path [closed]

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I would like to be able to zip a file or a whole folder with the zip command using its absolute path, but I only need to zip the last elements of the path. (i want to do it without do cd on the last part of the path)

Example:

> $ tree
.
├── git
│   └── folder_to_zip
│       └── file_zipped.txt
├── Hello.txt
└── HeyThere.txt

I want a zip with ->

folder_to_zip
            |
            ____ file_zipped.txt

but want i do

zip -r ./zipped_folder.zip git/folder_to_zip

i have

git
  |
  ____ folder_to_zip
                   |
                    ____ file_zipped.txt

How to only zip the last part of the path? without doing a cd on it?

Answer 1

#Try to adapt the code below

import os

import zipfile

#make a function to handle the zip

def zip_directory(folder_path, zip_path):

with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, mode='w') as zipf:

    len_dir_path = len(folder_path)

    for root, _, files in os.walk(folder_path):

        for file in files:

            file_path = os.path.join(root, file)

            zipf.write(file_path, file_path[len_dir_path:])

path2 = "C:/folder_to_zip/file_zipped.txt"

src_folder=f"{path2}"

#make a list of the content of the source path

file_names = os.listdir(src_folder2.strip(" "))

zip_directory(f'{src_folder}', f'{src_folder}.zip')

You can also visit my Github profile here https://github.com/ariyo123/File_splitting_and_Zipping-App/blob/main/zip_folders.py