Thx for your response. The fact is that I use tar.close() at the end of my code. This is really a random behaviour cause with an archive which has a short directory tree, I don't have this kind of beahavior and the archive works.
thx On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 13:01 +0000, Russell Bungay wrote: > 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, > > R -- chaica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
