```>>> import tarfile
>>> with t...
# generalr
rough-minister-58256
09/21/2015, 11:56 PM Copy code
>>> import tarfile
>>> with tarfile.open('/tmp/xyz.tar.gz', 'w:gz') as t:
... t.add('/tmp/pants.out')
...
[illuminati tmp]$ ls -alh /tmp/xyz.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 kwilson wheel 36K Sep 21 16:54 /tmp/xyz.tar.gz
>>> with tarfile.open('/tmp/xyz.tar.gz', 'w:gz') as t:
... t.add('/tmp/pants.out')
... t.add('/tmp/pants.out')
... t.add('/tmp/pants.out')
... t.add('/tmp/pants.out')
...
[illuminati tmp]$ ls -alh /tmp/xyz.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 kwilson wheel 141K Sep 21 16:54 /tmp/xyz.tar.gz