ENH: Add command to create tar

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index 920291b..5176e10 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -720,6 +720,8 @@ void CMakeCommandUsage(const char* program)
     << "  copy_directory source destination    - copy directory 'source' content to directory 'destination'\n"
     << "  echo [string]...        - displays arguments as text\n"
     << "  remove file1 file2 ...  - remove the file(s)\n"
+    << "  tar file.tar file/dir1 file/dir2 ... - create a tar\n"
+    << "  untar file.tar - create a tar\n"
     << "  time command [args] ... - run command and return elapsed time\n";
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
   errorStream
@@ -944,6 +946,23 @@ int cmake::CMakeCommand(std::vector<std::string>& args)
       return 1;
       }
 
+    // Tar files
+    else if (args[1] == "tar" && args.size() > 3)
+      {
+      std::string outFile = args[2];
+      std::vector<cmStdString> files;
+      for (std::string::size_type cc = 3; cc < args.size(); cc ++)
+        {
+        files.push_back(args[cc]);
+        }
+      if ( !cmSystemTools::CreateTar(outFile.c_str(), files) )
+        {
+        cmSystemTools::Error("Problem creating tar: ", outFile.c_str());
+        return 1;
+        }
+      return 0;
+      }
+
 #if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
     // Internal CMake Fortran module support.
     else if (args[1] == "cmake_copy_f90_mod" && args.size() >= 4)