Python gzip folder structure when zipping single file

Question

I\'m using Python\'s gzip module to gzip content for a single file, using code similar to the example in the docs:

import gzip
content = \"Lots of content he         


        

Answer 1

It looks like you will have to use GzipFile directly:

import gzip
content = "Lots of content here"
real_f = open('/home/joe/file.txt.gz', 'wb')
f = gzip.GZipFile('file.txt.gz', fileobj=real_f)
f.write(content)
f.close()
real_f.close()

It looks like open doesn't allow you to specify the fileobj separate from the filename.