[issue31182] Suggested Enhancements to zipfile & tarfile command line interfaces

Brett Cannon added the comment: I'm going to agree w/ Serhiy and say thanks to Steve for the idea but for maintainability purposes we should keep the CLI of both modules simple and only for critical operations. -- nosy: +brett.cannon ___ Python tr

[issue31182] Suggested Enhancements to zipfile & tarfile command line interfaces

Change by Brett Cannon : -- resolution: -> rejected stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bu

[issue31182] Suggested Enhancements to zipfile & tarfile command line interfaces

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: The command-line interface of zipfile and tarfile modules was deliberately kept simple. If you need more complex functionality, just write a script. Python is a programming language! > 1. Wildcard filename matching for archiving This is a work for a shell.

[issue31182] Suggested Enhancements to zipfile & tarfile command line interfaces

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[issue31182] Suggested Enhancements to zipfile & tarfile command line interfaces

New submission from Steve Barnes: I would like to add to the command line of both tarfile and zipfile interface some additional options that I believe to be useful. 1. Wildcard filename matching for archiving 2. Recursive archiving (with excludes) 3. Append to archive option 4. Compression Sele