Hello,
I'm using tarfile module to create an archive. For my example I'm using
Amsn file and directory tree.
My variables are like these ones: path = /home/chaica/downloads/amsn-0_94/skins/Tux/smileys/shades.gif
fileName = amsn-0_94/skins/Tux/smileys/shades.gif
tar.add( path, fileName )
and while untaring my archive with tar jxvf I've random errors :
tar: amsn-0_94/lang/genlangfiles.c: Cannot hard link to
`amsn-0_94/lang/genlangfiles.c': No such file or directory
I checked google and saw that errors like these ones could occur when
you use global path while taring, but I'm not, using fileName which is
local.
I used tarfile for the first time at the weekend and noticed one thing that may help. I don't know if it is a specific solution to your problem, but it might be worth a try.
I noticed that if I didn't explicitly close the tarfile with tar.close() after I had added the files, the resultant file would sometimes not be written properly (even with completed execution of the whole script). Explicitly closing the file would make these problems go away.
I hope that helps,
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