Brian McCann wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I tried Steve's solution but get this error
> using the tar script below
> --Brian
>
> tar = tarfile.open(".","test.tar.gz",w:gz)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ ./tarup.py
> File "./tarup.py", line 24
> tar = tarfile.open(".","test.tar.gz",w:gz)
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> ######################################################
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
> import string
> import os
> import sys
> import time
> import errno
> import shutil
> import tarfile
>
> tar = tarfile.open(".","test.tar.gz",w:gz)
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
> behalf of Steve Holden
> *Sent:* Thu 8/23/2007 5:24 PM
> *To:* python-list@python.org
> *Subject:* Re: creating a tar file with python
>
> Brian McCann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to create a tar file of the contents of the current directory
> >
> > right now there is only one file "text.xml" in the current dir, I'm
> > using"." current dir as source
> > but that gives syntax error
> >
> > any help would be greatly appreciated
> > --Brian
> >
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/python
> > import string
> > import os
> > import sys
> > import time
> > import errno
> > import shutil
> > import tarfile
> >
> >
> > tar = tarfile.open(.,"test.tar.gz", "w:gz)
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> well, /probably/ (meaning I haven't done any testing) you need quotes
> around the name of the current directory just like you do around the
> name of the file. Try
>
> tar = tarfile(".", "test.tar.gz", "w:gz")
>
> regards
> Steve
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[Jeez, doesn't anybody use standard-conformant mailers any more: why is
my signature quoted above, and what it it supposed to add? Couldn't you
have taken a second to delete it: that would probably have taken about
35 MB off the Internet backbone. Or perhaps you think that all resources
are unlimited? Sorry, I'm a bit cranky this week, being short of sleep.]
I admitted my code was untested, but I believe if you had
copied-and-pasted you would not have received the error you did (which
is not to say you wouldn't have received some other error).
Don't run what you /think/ I wrote, run /what I wrote/, as pasted by
your operating system, dammit. Or are you running on some platform that
doesn't allow you to select what I wrote and paste it into an editor window?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp
$ cat > Brian\'s\ Original
tar = tarfile.open(.,"test.tar.gz", w:gz)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp
$ cat > what\ I\ wrote
tar = tarfile(".", "test.tar.gz", w:gz")
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp
$ diff Brian\'s\ Original what\ I\ wrote
1c1
< tar = tarfile.open(.,"test.tar.gz", w:gz)
---
> tar = tarfile(".", "test.tar.gz", "w:gz")
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp
Hmm, you probably don't understand the gobbledygook above, but what it
means is that you didn't pay sufficient attention to detail. This isn't
a serious problem: Google will probably show you several thousand
occurrences of me exhibiting similar symptoms. But remember, computers
are TOMCATs: Thoroughly Obedient Moron, Cannot Actually Think.
regards
Steve
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