[Tutor] compress directory

[Ben Finney]

Bill Nolf <bnolf at cox.net> writes:

> How do I compress (gzip and/or tar) a directory in python?  I found
> examples of compressing a file using gzip or tar but not a directory. 

The Python standard library <URL:https://docs.python.org/3/library/>
contains implementations of many common tools. It's well worth searching
there first if you need something to do with data structures, protocols,
or file formats.

In this case, yes, there are several archive formats supported
<URL:https://docs.python.org/3/library/archiving.html>.

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