将文件树归档到一个压缩的tar文件中

#-*-coding:utf-8-*-
'''
Created on 2016年1月25日

@author: Zroad
'''
"""
将文件树归档到一个压缩的tar文件中
"""
import tarfile, os

def make_tar(folder_to_backup, dest_folder, compression='gz'):
    if compression:
        dest_ext = '.' + compression
    else:
        dest_ext = ''
    arcname = os.path.basename(folder_to_backup)

    """
    <type 'str'>
arcname =  memcached
    """
    print type(arcname)
    print "arcname = ", arcname

    dest_name = '%s.tar%s' % (dest_folder,dest_ext)
    """
    dest_name =  F:\tar\memcached.tar.gz
    """
    print "dest_name = ", dest_name

    dest_path = os.path.join(dest_folder, dest_name)
    """
    dest_path =  F:\tar\memcached.tar.gz
    """
    print "dest_path = ", dest_path

    if compression:
        dest_cmp = ':' + compression
    else:
        dest_cmp = ''

    out = tarfile.TarFile.open(dest_path, 'w'+dest_cmp)
    out.add(folder_to_backup, arcname)
    out.close()

    return dest_path

help(tarfile.TarFile.open)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print make_tar("F:\\Linux\\memcached", "F:\\tar\\memcached")