my $tar = Archive::Tar->new;
add_to_tar($tar, $thing_to_add, $base_dir);
$tar->write($gz, 9);
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add_to_tar($tar, 'baz', '/foo/bar');
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add_to_tar($tar, '/foo/bar/baz', '/foo/bar');
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sub add_to_tar {
my($tar, $thing, $base) = @_;
if (defined $base) {
chdir $base or die "Can't chdir to $base: $!";
$thing =~ s!^$base/?!!;
}
if (-f $thing) {
$tar->add_files($thing);
}
elsif (-d $thing) {
my $code = sub {
return if !-f $_;
local *FH;
open FH, $_ or die "Can't open $_: $!";
binmode FH;
my $c = do { local $/; };
close FH or die "Can't close $_: $!";
$tar->add_data($File::Find::name, $c);
};
find $code, $thing;
}
}