Fix Python – How to create full compressed tar file using Python?

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Asked By – shahjapan

How can I create a .tar.gz file with compression in Python?

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To build a .tar.gz (aka .tgz) for an entire directory tree:

import tarfile
import os.path

def make_tarfile(output_filename, source_dir):
    with tarfile.open(output_filename, "w:gz") as tar:
        tar.add(source_dir, arcname=os.path.basename(source_dir))

This will create a gzipped tar archive containing a single top-level folder with the same name and contents as source_dir.

This question is answered By – George V. Reilly

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