## 3.22.2 Examples

Here is an example that imports a module from a ZIP archive - note that the `zipimport` module is not explicitly used.

    $ unzip -l /tmp/example.zip
    Archive:  /tmp/example.zip
      Length     Date   Time    Name
     --------    ----   ----    ----
         8467  11-26-02 22:30   jwzthreading.py
     --------                   -------
         8467                   1 file
    $ ./python
    Python 2.3 (#1, Aug 1 2003, 19:54:32)
    >>> import sys
    >>> sys.path.insert(0, '/tmp/example.zip')  # Add .zip file to front of path
    >>> import jwzthreading
    >>> jwzthreading.__file__
    '/tmp/example.zip/jwzthreading.py'