tarfile读文件python_如何使用python tarfile模块将文件附加到tar文件？

I want to append a file to the tar file. For example, the files in test.tar.gz are a.png, b.png, c.png. I have a new png file named a.png, I want to append to a.png to test.tar.gz and cover the old file a.png in test.tar.gz. My code:

import tarfile

a = tarfile.open('test.tar.gz', 'w:gz')

a.add('a.png')

a.close()

then, all the files in test.tar.gz disappeard but a.png, if I change my code to this:

import tarfile

a = tarfile.open('test.tar.gz', 'a:')# or a:gz

a.add('a.png')

a.close()

the program is crashed, error log:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "", line 1, in

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/tarfile.py", line 1678, in open

return func(name, filemode, fileobj, **kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/t