[Python-ideas] Add a "archive_tree" in the tarfile module

Hello, It happened to me several time : re-write a small function to archive a directory, to mimic "tar -xzvf archive.tgz directory" What about adding in tarfile this small function: def archive_tree(archive_name, src_dir [[, add_empty_dir], callable]) -> creates an archive that contains the files in directory, by recursively walking into it. if add_empty_dir is set to False (default: True), empty directory founded will not be added if callable is provided, it will be triggered everytime a file is added in the archive and will return True or False If False, the file will not be added regards Tarek -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org