gzip a file in Python

Question

I want to gzip a file in Python. I am trying to use the subprocss.check_call(), but it keeps failing with the error \'OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory\'. Is ther

Answer 1

import gzip

def gzip_file(src_path, dst_path):
    with open(src_path, 'rb') as src, gzip.open(dst_path, 'wb') as dst:
        for chunk in iter(lambda: src.read(4096), b""):
            dst.write(chunk)