python - tarfile - Relative Paths

relative_tar_path.py

import tarfile
import glob
import tempfile

FILENAME = 'Title_for_your_file'
t_dir = t_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='app-')

# Compress t_dir
tarname = '/tmp/%s.tar.bz2' % (FILENAME)
fileobj = open(tarname, 'wb')
tar = tarfile.open(tarname, mode='w:bz2', fileobj=fileobj)
for filex in glob.glob(t_dir):
    if filex:
        arcname = re.sub(t_dir, '%s/' % (FILENAME), filex)
        tar.add(filex, arcname=arcname)
tar.close()
fileobj.close()