Creating tar file in Python with tarfile makes directory tree inside of tar.gz

Question

For creating tar.gz file I use the below code.

import os
import tarfile
def tardir(path, tar_name):
    with tarfile.open(tar_name, "w:gz") as tar_handle:
        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
            for file in files:
                tar_handle.add(os.path.join(root, file))
tardir('C:/../../projects/project_folder', 'C:/../../projects/project_folder/tar_files/tar_file.tar.gz')
tar.close()

I want gzip the tar_files folder and when i unzip it I only want to see this folder. But with the above code, inside of tar file I see it stores with directory tree. Like when I open it i see the below folders

/../../projects/project_folder

How can i solve this problem ? Thanks for answering

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '21 at 07:51

Below code from below link solves my question.

How to create full compressed tar file using Python?

import tarfile
import os.path

def make_tarfile(output_filename, source_dir):
    with tarfile.open(output_filename, "w:gz") as tar:
        tar.add(source_dir, arcname=os.path.basename(source_dir))

Giving absolute address to the params output_filename and source_dir works appropriate

Creating tar file in Python with tarfile makes directory tree inside of tar.gz

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