Mathematica has the handy CreateArchive
function, which allows you to efficiently create a TAR archive from a directory. However, I see no way of specifying not to include the directory itself, so that the files in it are included directly in the top-level of the TAR.
Note that:
I am looking for a cross-platform solution (i.e. running a command on the underlying OS is not an option).
I am dealing with large files, so I am looking for fast low-level copying (i.e. importing the files and then exporting them again would work, but very slowly).
I understand having all the files in the top-level directory is not the best practice, but this needs to be the case for compatibility purposes (i.e. to comply with a file-format specification).
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks!
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