adding release creation script

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 
+# Release files
+release/
+
 # C extensions
 *.so
 

scripts/create-release.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2.4
+"""
+This script is used to create the release file.
+"""
+
+# Imports ######################################################################
+import os
+
+
+# Metadata #####################################################################
+__author__ = "Timothy McFadden"
+__creationDate__ = "06/08/2015"
+__license__ = "MIT"
+
+
+# Globals ######################################################################
+THIS_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+SRC = os.path.join(THIS_DIR, "..", "src", "storcli_check.py")
+DEST_DIR = os.path.join(THIS_DIR, "..", "release")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import imp
+    import tarfile
+
+    # Read the version from our project
+    mod = imp.load_source("storcli_check", SRC)
+
+    destination = os.path.join(DEST_DIR, "storcli_check-%s.tar.gz" % mod.__version__)
+    with tarfile.open(destination, "w:gz") as tar:
+        tar.add(SRC, "storcli_check.py")
+
+    print "[%s] created" % destination