Add a file to a compressed tarfile

[Martin Franklin]

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 13:26:22 -0000, Martin Franklin  
<mfranklin1 at gatwick.westerngeco.slb.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 00:13:16 +1100, Dennis Hotson  
> <djdennie69 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to write a function that adds a file-like-object to a
>> compressed tarfile...  eg ".tar.gz" or ".tar.bz2"
>>
>> I've had a look at the tarfile module but the append mode doesn't  
>> support
>> compressed tarfiles... :(
>>
>> Any thoughts on what I can do to get around this?
>>
>> Cheers!
>


<snip - useless info from myself>

Sorry I just re-read your message after sending my reply....