Changeset 7540

Timestamp:

Oct 1, 2009, 8:03:34 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

rwilson

Message:

Fixed bad comments, expanded README.

Location:

misc/tools/tar_file

Files:

• README (modified) (1 diff)
• tar_file.py (modified) (1 diff)
• untar_file.py (modified) (3 diffs)

misc/tools/tar_file/README

@@ -1 +1 @@
 This directory contains the 'tar_file.py' program used to create tarred and
 zipped files from a file or directory.
+
+Why do we have this instead of using the tools provided under Linux?  We need
+something that works under Windows as well.
 
 Use it so:

misc/tools/tar_file/tar_file.py

@@ -18 +18 @@
 
 # get program name
-# does this work on  Windows?
+# does this work on Windows?
 Prog_Name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
 

misc/tools/tar_file/untar_file.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-'''A program to create tar files from a file or directory.'''
+'''A program to untar files created by tar_file.py.'''
 
 import sys
@@ -19 +19 @@
 
 # get program name
-# does this work on  Windows?
+# does this work on Windows?
 Prog_Name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
 
@@ -26 +26 @@
     usage()
 
-# create the tarred/compressed file
+# untar the file into the current or specified directory
 if len(sys.argv) == 2:
     untar_file(sys.argv[1])