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I use code that below to create tgz file. When I try to exract tgz file after compress, then I have problem on Linux. But when I try on FreeBSD, it extracts successfull.

import tarfile
import os


def create_tgzfile(output_filename, source_dir,item_list):
    os.chdir(source_dir)
    tar = tarfile.open(output_filename+".tar.gz", "w")
    for name in item_list:
        tar.add(name)
    tar.close()


create_tgzfile("test","./",["file1","file2"])

test.tgz

exract on FreeBSD

tar -xzvf test.tgz
x file1
x file2

exract on Linux

tar -xzvf test.tgz
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

So, why it doesnt open on Linux or How to create correct tgz file with python?

Goshawk
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Please try using 

tar = tarfile.open(output_filename+".tar.gz", "w:gz")
Rahul R Dhobi
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