code: def create_zip(archive, compression, cmd, verbosity, interactive, filenames):
      
      try:
          with zipfile.ZipFile(archive, 'w') as zfile:
              for filename in filenames:
                  if os.path.isdir(filename):
                      write_directory(zfile, filename)
                  else:
                      zfile.write(filename)
      except Exception as err:
          msg = "error creating %s: %s" % (archive, err)
          raise util.PatoolError(msg)
      return None
docs: Create a ZIP archive with the zipfile Python module.