Add add_compress_exp_dir_step() function in project.py example module.

examples/downward/2020-09-11-A-cg-vs-ff.py

@@ -97,4 +97,6 @@
             name=f"{exp.name}-{algo1}-vs-{algo2}-{attr}{suffix}",
         )
 
+project.add_compress_exp_dir_step(exp)
+
 exp.run_steps()

examples/downward/2020-09-11-B-bounded-cost.py

@@ -104,5 +104,6 @@
     attributes=ATTRIBUTES,
     filter=[project.add_evaluations_per_time, project.group_domains],
 )
+project.add_compress_exp_dir_step(exp)
 
 exp.run_steps()

examples/downward/project.py

@@ -293,6 +293,25 @@ def add_scp_step(exp, login, repos_dir):
     )
 
 
+def add_compress_exp_dir_step(exp):
+    exp.add_step(
+        "compress-exp-dir",
+        subprocess.call,
+        [
+            "tar",
+            "--verbose",
+            "--create",
+            "--dereference",
+            "--remove-files",
+            "--xz",
+            "--file",
+            f"{exp.name}.tar.xz",
+            exp.name,
+        ],
+        cwd=Path(exp.path).parent,
+    )
+
+
 def fetch_algorithm(exp, expname, algo, *, new_algo=None):
     """Fetch (and possibly rename) a single algorithm from *expname*."""
     new_algo = new_algo or algo

tests/run-downward-experiment

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ rm -rf ${EXPDIR}/data/
 mkdir -p ${EXPDIR}
 cp ${REPO}/examples/downward/*.py ${EXPDIR}
 cp ${REPO}/examples/downward/bounds.json ${EXPDIR}
-${DIR}/run-example-experiment ${EXPDIR}/2020-09-11-A-cg-vs-ff.py 1 2 3 4 6 8
-${DIR}/run-example-experiment ${EXPDIR}/2020-09-11-B-bounded-cost.py 1 2 3 4 6
+${DIR}/run-example-experiment ${EXPDIR}/2020-09-11-A-cg-vs-ff.py 1 2 3 4 6 8 9
+${DIR}/run-example-experiment ${EXPDIR}/2020-09-11-B-bounded-cost.py 1 2 3 4 6 8
 ${DIR}/run-example-experiment ${EXPDIR}/01-evaluation.py 1 2 3 4