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

[Tarek Ziadé]

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

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