[issue7101] tarfile: OSError with TarFile.add(..., recursive=True) about non-existing file

[Sandro Tosi]

Sandro Tosi <sandro.tosi at gmail.com> added the comment:

Hi,
I don't understand why you think tarfile should not fail in case you're trying to add a non-existing file. the problem is that glob() already extracted a list of files&dirs and then while the script is tar-ring them, you're removing some of them -> script crash.

if you want to do it, then wrap tar.add() in a try..catch construct, but I think the behavior of tar.add() is correct here.

Lars, you assigned this issue to yourself: what do you think it's the best action now (i was about to close it :) ?

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