new_contents: #/usr/bin/env python
  
  import lsc
  import sys
  import os
  import re
  import string
  import tarfile
  from optparse import OptionParser
  _dir = os.environ['LCOSNDIR']
  
  def ingesttar(_tarfile,force=False):
      _targetid = re.sub('.tar.gz','',string.split(_tarfile,'_')[-1])
      my_tar = tarfile.open(_tarfile)
      imglist = my_tar.getnames()
      my_tar.extractall(_dir)
      my_tar.close()
      if force:       
          lsc.mysqldef.ingestredu(imglist, 'yes') # ingest new data into photlco
      else:
          lsc.mysqldef.ingestredu(imglist, 'no') # ingest new data into photlco
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      from argparse import ArgumentParser
      parser = ArgumentParser(description='Downloads data from SNEX')
      parser.add_argument("-f", "--file")
      parser.add_argument("-G", "--force-db", action="store_true", help="reingest files even if they already exist")
      args = parser.parse_args()
  
      if args.file:
          _tarfile = args.file
          ingesttar(_tarfile, args.force_db)
      else:
          print('tar file not included (-f tarfile)')
  
subject: add ingestion of tar files form SNEX