[Patches] [ python-Patches-1652681 ] tarfile append behavior

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Patches item #1652681, was opened at 2007-02-05 21:15
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: Python 2.5
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Witten (herrwitten)
Assigned to: Lars Gustäbel (gustaebel)
Summary: tarfile append behavior

Initial Comment:
The builtin file object has the following behavior for the appending ('a') mode:

    'The file will be created if it doesn't exist when opened for writing or 
    appending'

Currently, the file must already exist and it must not be an empty file.
This patch achieves the file object's behavior with a small one-line addition.

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>Comment By: Lars Gustäbel (gustaebel)
Date: 2007-02-06 19:46

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Thank you for the idea. As your patch only implemented appending
to empty files, I added support for creating files if they don't
exist. I added a testcase and adjusted the docs as well.

Checked in the trunk as rev. 53648, so it will appear in 2.6.


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Comment By: Witten (herrwitten)
Date: 2007-02-06 00:33

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I fixed a bad patch with some personal information and bad path names by
using 'svn diff' instead.
File Added: tarfile.py.diff

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