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

[Aahz]

On Sun, May 17, 2009, Tarek Ziad? wrote:
> 
> It happened to me several time :  re-write a small function to archive
> a directory, to mimic "tar -xzvf archive.tgz directory"

Given that you already have this code, please upload to bugs.python.org
(possibly also PyPI and/or Cookbook) so it doesn't get lost.
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