title: What is difference between root and base directory?
body: <p>I am trying to use <code>shutils.py</code> , <code>make_archive</code> function.
  <br/>
  here: <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/shutil.html#archiving-operations" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.python.org/2/library/shutil.html#archiving-operations</a>
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  but I can't understand the difference between root_dir and base_dir.
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  Here's a simple code using make_archive:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#!user/bin/python
  from os import path
  from os import curdir
  from shutil import make_archive
  # Setting current Directory
  current = path.realpath(curdir)
  # Now Compressing
  make_archive("Backup", "gztar", current)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This will create an archive named Backup.tar.gz which contains a . Directory inside it.
  I don't want the . directory but the whole thing inside in the archive.</p>