New submission from Andreas Hilboll:
shutil.make_archive should be able to automatically determine the desired
*format* from the given filename. It would make life easier, because the
programmer wouldn't need to strip the extension from the filename before
passing it to make_archive. I'm think of something along the lines of
if base_path.lower().endswith(".zip"):
fmt = "zip"
base_path = base_path[:-4]
elif base_path.lower().endswith(".tar.gz") or
base_path.lower().endswith(".tgz"):
fmt = "gztar"
base_path = base_path[:-7]
elif base_path.lower().endswith(".tar.bz2"):
fmt = "bztar"
base_path = base_path[:-8]
elif base_path.lower().endswith(".tar"):
fmt = "tar"
base_path = base_path[:-4]
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messages: 199373
nosy: andreas-h
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: shutil.make_archive should recognize extensions in filenames
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7
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