code: def create_singlefile_standard (archive, compression, cmd, verbosity, interactive, filenames):
      
      cmdlist = [util.shell_quote(cmd)]
      if verbosity > 1:
          cmdlist.append('-v')
      cmdlist.extend(['-c', '--'])
      cmdlist.extend([util.shell_quote(x) for x in filenames])
      cmdlist.extend(['>', util.shell_quote(archive)])
      return (cmdlist, {'shell': True})
docs: Standard routine to create a singlefile archive (like gzip).