Changeset 6642 for misc

Timestamp:

Mar 27, 2009, 2:33:55 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

rwilson

Message:

Minor(ish) changes to untar tool.

Location:

misc/tools/tar_file

Files:

• README (modified) (1 diff)
• untar_file.py (modified) (2 diffs)

misc/tools/tar_file/README

@@ -2 +2 @@
 zipped files from a file or directory.
 
-Use it so:  tar_file.py <fileordir>
+Use it so:
+    tar_file.py <tarfilename> [<fileordir>, ...]
+The created file is <tarfilename>.
 
-The tarred file created will be <fileordir>.tgz.
+Also here is the corresponding program to untar files:
+    untar_file.py <tarfilename>

misc/tools/tar_file/untar_file.py

@@ -13 +13 @@
 # print usage info. and exit
 def usage():
-    print 'usage: %s <tarfile>' % Prog_Name
-    print 'where <tarfile> is the path to the file to untar.'
+    print 'usage: %s <tarfile> [<output_directory>]' % Prog_Name
+    print 'where <tarfile>          is the path to the file to untar,'
+    print '  and <output_directory> is the directory to write the results into.'
     sys.exit(10)
 
@@ -22 +23 @@
 
 # check args
-if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+if len(sys.argv) != 2 and len(sys.argv) != 3:
     usage()
 
 # create the tarred/compressed file
-untar_file(sys.argv[1])
+if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+    untar_file(sys.argv[1])
+else:
+    untar_file(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])