kumoshk
March 4th, 2011, 07:41 AM
I'm working with Python's tarfile module. From an arbitrary location, I need to be able to compress a directory and its contents in another arbitrary location. This works and all, but I'm running into the following problem:
Instead of just adding the folder and everything inside it (preserving only the structure within) it adds all the folders in the path that lead up to the folder I want to add!
Here's a simple example demonstrating what I'm doing:
import tarfile
tar = tarfile.open("myArchive.tar", "w")
tar.add("foo/bar")
tar.close()
What I want is a tar file that merely contains the 'bar' folder and all its contents (folders and all). However, what this does is add a folder called 'foo' containing the 'bar' folder with the 'bar' folder containing all its contents. In my current project, my path is a lot longer—so this is a lot more problematic.
Any ideas on how to fix this without a lot of overhead?
Thanks!
Instead of just adding the folder and everything inside it (preserving only the structure within) it adds all the folders in the path that lead up to the folder I want to add!
Here's a simple example demonstrating what I'm doing:
import tarfile
tar = tarfile.open("myArchive.tar", "w")
tar.add("foo/bar")
tar.close()
What I want is a tar file that merely contains the 'bar' folder and all its contents (folders and all). However, what this does is add a folder called 'foo' containing the 'bar' folder with the 'bar' folder containing all its contents. In my current project, my path is a lot longer—so this is a lot more problematic.
Any ideas on how to fix this without a lot of overhead?
Thanks!