#!/usr/bin/env python3 import os, tarfile, math, json from pathlib import Path IMAGE_DIR = Path("images") # all PNGs live here now META_JSON = Path("metadata.json") PER_SHARD = 10_000 # ≤ 10 000 files per tar OUT_DIR = Path(".") # tars are written next to script # 1. load metadata so we keep ordering consistent with META_JSON.open() as f: meta = json.load(f) all_names = sorted(meta) n_shards = math.floor((len(all_names)-1) / PER_SHARD) + 1 for s in range(n_shards): start = s * PER_SHARD end = min((s+1)*PER_SHARD - 1, len(all_names) - 1) shard_name = OUT_DIR / f"images-{start:05d}-{end:05d}.tar" print(f" → building {shard_name}") with tarfile.open(shard_name, "w") as tar: for fname in all_names[start:end+1]: tar.add(IMAGE_DIR / fname, arcname=fname)