File Modes for Python's tarfile Module
Mode Description
r Opens a TAR file for reading.
r: Opens a TAR file for reading with no compression.
w or w: Opens a TAR file for writing with no compression.
a or a: Opens a TAR file for appending with no compression.
r:gz Opens a TAR file for reading with gzip compression.
w:gz Opens a TAR file for writing with gzip compression.
r:bz2 Opens a TAR file for reading with bzip2 compression.
w:bz2 Opens a TAR file for writing with bzip2 compression.
import os
import tarfile
#Create Tar file
tFile = tarfile.open("files.tar", 'w')
files = os.listdir(".")
for f in files:
tFile.add(f)
#List files in tar
for f in tFile.getnames():
print "Added %s" % f
tFile.close()
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