tar_folder

simrun.utils.tar_folder(source_dir, delete_folder=True)

Compress a folder to .tar format.

Parameters:
source_dir : str

The path to the folder to compress.

delete_folder : bool

If True, the original folder will be deleted after compression.

Returns:

Compresses the folder in place.

Return type:

None

Raises:

RuntimeError – If the compression command fails