patool/patoolib/programs/compress.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Bastian Kleineidam
#
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"""Archive commands for the uncompress.real program."""
from .. import util


def create_compress (archive, compression, cmd, *args, **kwargs):
    """Create a compressed archive."""
    cmdlist = [util.shell_quote(cmd)]
    if kwargs['verbose']:
        cmdlist.append('-v')
    cmdlist.append('-c')
    cmdlist.extend([util.shell_quote(x) for x in args])
    cmdlist.extend(['>', util.shell_quote(archive)])
    return (cmdlist, {'shell': True})