Changeset 7024 for branches/numpy/anuga

Timestamp:

May 13, 2009, 2:23:47 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

rwilson

Message:

Made 'tar a file' function more general.

File:

• branches/numpy/anuga/utilities/system_tools.py (modified) (1 diff)

branches/numpy/anuga/utilities/system_tools.py

@@ -520 +520 @@
 # @param files A list of files (or directories) to tar.
 # @param tarfile The created tarfile name.
+# @note 'files' may be a string (single file) or a list of strings.
 # @note We use gzip compression.
 def tar_file(files, tarname):
     '''Compress a file or directory into a tar file.'''
+
+    if isinstance(files, basestring):
+        files = [files]
 
     o = tarfile.open(tarname, 'w:gz')