tar -zcvf packagename.tar.gz folder/

//+ Jonas Raoni Soares Silva
//@ http://jsfromhell.com

function removeFolder($dir){
	if(!is_dir($dir))
		return false;
	for($s = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $stack = array($dir), $emptyDirs = array($dir); $dir = array_pop($stack);){
		if(!($handle = @dir($dir)))
			continue;
		while(false !== $item = $handle->read())
			$item != '.' && $item != '..' && (is_dir($path = $handle->path . $s . $item) ?
			array_push($stack, $path) && array_push($emptyDirs, $path) : unlink($path));
		$handle->close();
	}
	for($i = count($emptyDirs); $i--; rmdir($emptyDirs[$i]));
}

unit PathParser;

interface

uses
  Classes, SysUtils, TypInfo, SysUtils2, ShlObj, ShellApi, Registry, Windows;

type
  TSpecialFolder = ( sfDesktop, sfAppData, sfTemplates, sfPrograms,
    sfPersonal, sfFavorites, sfStartup, sfRecent, sfSendTo, sfStartMenu,
    sfFonts, sfHistory, sfCookies, sfInternetCache, sfCommonFavorites,
    sfCommonDesktop, sfCommonStartup, sfCommonPrograms, sfCommonStartMenu,
    sfProgramFiles, sfTemporary, sfWindows, sfSystem );

  TSpecialFolderSet = set of TSpecialFolder;

  TPathParser = class( TStringList )
  public
    constructor Create( const UseDefaultMap: Boolean = True );
    class function GetSpecialFolder( const Name: TSpecialFolder ): string;
    function Parse( Path: string ): string;
  end;


implementation

{ TPathParser }

uses Dialogs;

constructor TPathParser.Create(const UseDefaultMap: Boolean);
var
  I: TSpecialFolder;
begin
  CaseSensitive := False;
  if UseDefaultMap then begin
    for I := Low( TSpecialFolder ) to High( TSpecialFolder ) do
      Add( RemoveSlash( LowerCase( Copy( GetEnumName( TypeInfo( TSpecialFolder ),
        Ord( I ) ), 3, MAX_PATH ) ) + '=' + GetSpecialFolder( I ) ) );
    Add( RemoveSlash( Format( 'windowsvolume=%s', [ GetSpecialFolder( sfWindows )[1] ] ) ) );
  end;
end;

class function TPathParser.GetSpecialFolder(
  const Name: TSpecialFolder): string;
const
  FoldersMap: array[TSpecialFolder] of Cardinal = ( CSIDL_DESKTOP,
    CSIDL_APPDATA, CSIDL_TEMPLATES, CSIDL_PROGRAMS, CSIDL_PERSONAL,
    CSIDL_FAVORITES, CSIDL_STARTUP, CSIDL_RECENT, CSIDL_SENDTO, CSIDL_STARTMENU,
    CSIDL_FONTS, CSIDL_HISTORY, CSIDL_COOKIES, CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE,
    CSIDL_COMMON_FAVORITES, CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP,
    CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS, CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU, 0, 0, 0, 0 );
var
  Res: Bool;
  Path: array[0..MAX_PATH-1] of Char;
  Reg: TRegistry;
begin
  Result := '';
  case Name of
    sfWindows: GetWindowsDirectory( Path, MAX_PATH );
    sfTemporary: GetTempPath( MAX_PATH, Path );
    sfSystem: GetSystemDirectory( Path, MAX_PATH );
    sfProgramFiles:
    begin
      Reg := TRegistry.Create( KEY_READ );
      try
        Reg.RootKey := HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
        Reg.OpenKey( 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion', False );
        Result := AddSlash( Reg.ReadString( 'ProgramFilesDir' ) );
      finally
        Reg.Free;
      end;
      Exit;
    end;
  else
    Res := ShGetSpecialFolderPath( 0, Path, FoldersMap[ Name ], False );
    if not Res then
      raise Exception.Create( ClassName + '.GetSpecialFolder: Error on ShGetSpecialFolderPath' );
  end;
  Result := AddSlash( Path );
end;

function TPathParser.Parse(Path: string): string;
var
  S: string;
  I, I2, Pos: Integer;
begin
  I := 1;
  while I <= Length( Path )-3 do
  begin
    if ( Path[I] = '$' ) and ( Path[I+1] = '(' ) then
    begin
      I2 := I + 2;
      while ( I2 <= Length( Path ) ) and ( Path[I2] <> ')' ) do
        Inc( I2 );
      if I2 > Length( Path ) then
        Break;
      S := Copy( Path, I + 2, I2 - ( I + 2 ) );
      System.Delete( Path, I, I2 - I + 1 );
      Pos := IndexOfName( S );
      if Pos > -1 then
      begin
        System.Insert( ValueFromIndex[Pos], Path, I );
        Inc( I, Length( ValueFromIndex[Pos] ) );
      end
      else
        raise Exception.CreateFmt( '%s.Parse: Variável "%s" inexistente', [ ClassName, S ] ); //I := I2 + 1;
    end
    else
      Inc( I );
  end;
  Result := Path;
end;

end.

from win32com.shell import shell
df = shell.SHGetDesktopFolder()
pidl = df.ParseDisplayName(0, None,  
    "::{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}")[1]
mydocs = shell.SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl)