[Tutor] Fwd: Re: tar a directory

[Alan Gauld]

Always use reply-all or reply-list when responding to tutor posts....

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The archive file changes each time so I need to set a variable based on the changing directory

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> On Nov 4, 2016, at 5:54 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor at python.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 03/11/16 17:56, Bill Nolf wrote:
>> 
>> Test 4
>> 
>> archive = tarfile.open("test.tgz", "a:gz")
>> archive.add=(dirarchive, arcname="test")
>> archive.close()
>> 
>> Create a gzip file called test.tgz in the current directory, which is close
>> but no cigar
>> What I would like is the following gzip file:
>> 
>> /a/b/c/archive.tgz
> 
> So why not:
> 
> archive = tarfile.open("/a/b/c/archive.tgz", "a:gz")
> 
> or is that too obvious?
> 
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