Remove files after adding them to tar

Else it'll take 2x size of the backup till the backup completes Signed-off-by: Rajesh Rajendran <[email protected]>
project-sunbird · Jul 26, 2020 · 7de7a33 · 7de7a33
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diff --git a/deploy/cassandra_backup.py b/deploy/cassandra_backup.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def copy():
         print("Snapshot taken.")
     copy()
     print("Making a tarball: {}.tar.gz".format(args.snapshotname))
-    command = "cd {} && tar -czvf {}/{}.tar.gz *".format(tmpdir, args.tardirectory, args.snapshotname)
+    command = "cd {} && tar --remove-files -czvf {}/{}.tar.gz *".format(tmpdir, args.tardirectory, args.snapshotname)
     rc = system(command)
     if rc != 0:
         print("Creation of tar failed")