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1 """distutils.archive_util
3 Utility functions for creating archive files (tarballs, zip files,
4 that sort of thing)."""
6 # created 2000/04/03, Greg Ward (extracted from util.py)
8 __revision__ = "$Id$"
10 import os
11 from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
12 from distutils.spawn import spawn
13 from distutils.dir_util import mkpath
15 def make_tarball (base_name, base_dir, compress="gzip",
16 verbose=0, dry_run=0):
17 """Create a (possibly compressed) tar file from all the files under
18 'base_dir'. 'compress' must be "gzip" (the default), "compress",
19 "bzip2", or None. Both "tar" and the compression utility named by
20 'compress' must be on the default program search path, so this is
21 probably Unix-specific. The output tar file will be named 'base_dir' +
22 ".tar", possibly plus the appropriate compression extension (".gz",
23 ".bz2" or ".Z"). Return the output filename.
24 """
25 # XXX GNU tar 1.13 has a nifty option to add a prefix directory.
26 # It's pretty new, though, so we certainly can't require it --
27 # but it would be nice to take advantage of it to skip the
28 # "create a tree of hardlinks" step! (Would also be nice to
29 # detect GNU tar to use its 'z' option and save a step.)
31 compress_ext = { 'gzip': ".gz",
32 'bzip2': '.bz2',
33 'compress': ".Z" }
35 # flags for compression program, each element of list will be an argument
36 compress_flags = {'gzip': ["-f9"],
37 'compress': ["-f"],
38 'bzip2': ['-f9']}
40 if compress is not None and compress not in compress_ext.keys():
41 raise ValueError, \
42 "bad value for 'compress': must be None, 'gzip', or 'compress'"
44 archive_name = base_name + ".tar"
45 mkpath(os.path.dirname(archive_name), verbose=verbose, dry_run=dry_run)
46 cmd = ["tar", "-cf", archive_name, base_dir]
47 spawn(cmd, verbose=verbose, dry_run=dry_run)
49 if compress:
50 spawn([compress] + compress_flags[compress] + [archive_name],
51 verbose=verbose, dry_run=dry_run)
52 return archive_name + compress_ext[compress]
53 else:
54 return archive_name
56 # make_tarball ()
59 def make_zipfile (base_name, base_dir, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
60 """Create a zip file from all the files under 'base_dir'. The output
61 zip file will be named 'base_dir' + ".zip". Uses either the InfoZIP
62 "zip" utility (if installed and found on the default search path) or
63 the "zipfile" Python module (if available). If neither tool is
64 available, raises DistutilsExecError. Returns the name of the output
65 zip file.
66 """
67 # This initially assumed the Unix 'zip' utility -- but
68 # apparently InfoZIP's zip.exe works the same under Windows, so
69 # no changes needed!
71 zip_filename = base_name + ".zip"
72 mkpath(os.path.dirname(zip_filename), verbose=verbose, dry_run=dry_run)
73 try:
74 spawn(["zip", "-rq", zip_filename, base_dir],
75 verbose=verbose, dry_run=dry_run)
76 except DistutilsExecError:
78 # XXX really should distinguish between "couldn't find
79 # external 'zip' command" and "zip failed" -- shouldn't try
80 # again in the latter case. (I think fixing this will
81 # require some cooperation from the spawn module -- perhaps
82 # a utility function to search the path, so we can fallback
83 # on zipfile.py without the failed spawn.)
84 try:
85 import zipfile
86 except ImportError:
87 raise DistutilsExecError, \
88 ("unable to create zip file '%s': " +
89 "could neither find a standalone zip utility nor " +
90 "import the 'zipfile' module") % zip_filename
92 if verbose:
93 print "creating '%s' and adding '%s' to it" % \
94 (zip_filename, base_dir)
96 def visit (z, dirname, names):
97 for name in names:
98 path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(dirname, name))
99 if os.path.isfile(path):
100 z.write(path, path)
102 if not dry_run:
103 z = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, "w",
104 compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
106 os.path.walk(base_dir, visit, z)
107 z.close()
109 return zip_filename
111 # make_zipfile ()
114 ARCHIVE_FORMATS = {
115 'gztar': (make_tarball, [('compress', 'gzip')], "gzip'ed tar-file"),
116 'bztar': (make_tarball, [('compress', 'bzip2')], "bzip2'ed tar-file"),
117 'ztar': (make_tarball, [('compress', 'compress')], "compressed tar file"),
118 'tar': (make_tarball, [('compress', None)], "uncompressed tar file"),
119 'zip': (make_zipfile, [],"ZIP file")
122 def check_archive_formats (formats):
123 for format in formats:
124 if not ARCHIVE_FORMATS.has_key(format):
125 return format
126 else:
127 return None
129 def make_archive (base_name, format,
130 root_dir=None, base_dir=None,
131 verbose=0, dry_run=0):
132 """Create an archive file (eg. zip or tar). 'base_name' is the name
133 of the file to create, minus any format-specific extension; 'format'
134 is the archive format: one of "zip", "tar", "ztar", or "gztar".
135 'root_dir' is a directory that will be the root directory of the
136 archive; ie. we typically chdir into 'root_dir' before creating the
137 archive. 'base_dir' is the directory where we start archiving from;
138 ie. 'base_dir' will be the common prefix of all files and
139 directories in the archive. 'root_dir' and 'base_dir' both default
140 to the current directory. Returns the name of the archive file.
142 save_cwd = os.getcwd()
143 if root_dir is not None:
144 if verbose:
145 print "changing into '%s'" % root_dir
146 base_name = os.path.abspath(base_name)
147 if not dry_run:
148 os.chdir(root_dir)
150 if base_dir is None:
151 base_dir = os.curdir
153 kwargs = { 'verbose': verbose,
154 'dry_run': dry_run }
156 try:
157 format_info = ARCHIVE_FORMATS[format]
158 except KeyError:
159 raise ValueError, "unknown archive format '%s'" % format
161 func = format_info[0]
162 for (arg,val) in format_info[1]:
163 kwargs[arg] = val
164 filename = apply(func, (base_name, base_dir), kwargs)
166 if root_dir is not None:
167 if verbose:
168 print "changing back to '%s'" % save_cwd
169 os.chdir(save_cwd)
171 return filename
173 # make_archive ()