diff --git a/create_tarball.sh b/create_tarball.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+tarball_tmp=flexpart$1 
+
+mkdir $tarball_tmp
+mkdir $tarball_tmp/src
+cp src/*.f90 $tarball_tmp/src
+cp src/makefile $tarball_tmp/src
+cp src/makefile.gfs $tarball_tmp/src
+cp -r options $tarball_tmp
+
+tar -cvf flexpart$1.tar $tarball_tmp/*
+