[Python] overwriting file in ziparchive

I have archive.zip with two files: hello.txt and world.txt

I want to overwrite hello.txt file with new one with that code:

import zipfile

z = zipfile.ZipFile('archive.zip','a')
z.write('hello.txt')
z.close()


but it won't overwrite file, somehow it creates another instance of hello.txt — take a look at winzip screenshot:



Since there is no smth like zipfile.remove(), what's the best way to handle this problem?

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