[Tutor] tarfile library question

[Alan Gauld]

On 11/12/2020 00:12, alexkleider via Tutor wrote:

>> Probably. You need a loop over the target folders somewhere
>> inside the open


> def archive(destination_directory, source, targz_base_name):

     with .... as tar:

>        for folder in list_of_targets:

            tar.add(folder)

>    res = shutil.move(tar_file, destination_directory)
>    if not (repr(res) == repr(os.path.join(destination_directory,
>         print("...should be the same: something went wrong!")

Should work?

You still don't tell us where list_of_targets comes from?
It's not in the function so presumably is a global, which
is not a good idea... Or is it a typo and it should
be the "source" parameter?

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