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:
    tar_file.py <tarfilename> [<fileordir>, ...]
The created file is <tarfilename>.

Also here is the corresponding program to untar files:
    untar_file.py <tarfilename>