#!/usr/bin/env python
     # encoding: utf-8
     #
     # Copyright (c) 2009 Doug Hellmann All rights reserved.
     #
     """
     """
     
     __version__ = "$Id$"
     #end_pymotw_header
     
     import tarfile
     
     print 'creating archive'
     out = tarfile.open('tarfile_append.tar', mode='w')
     try:
         out.add('README.txt')
     finally:
         out.close()
     
     print 'contents:', [m.name 
                         for m in tarfile.open('tarfile_append.tar', 'r').getmembers()]
     
     print 'adding index.rst'
     out = tarfile.open('tarfile_append.tar', mode='a')
     try:
         out.add('index.rst')
     finally:
         out.close()
     
     print 'contents:', [m.name 
                         for m in tarfile.open('tarfile_append.tar', 'r').getmembers()]