Compressor (tweaked and shows results)

--[[
    Filesystem
    explorer
    by Creator
]]--
local args = {...}
local ignore = {}
if args[3] then
    local file = fs.open(args[3],"r")
    local data = file.readAll()
    file.close()
    for token in string.gmatch(data,"[^\n]+") do
        ignore[#ignore+1] = token
    end
end

local filesystem = {}

local function readFile(path)
    local file = fs.open(path,"r")
    local variable = file.readAll()
    file.close()
    return variable
end

local function isNotBanned(path)
    for i,v in pairs(ignore) do
        if v == path then
            return false
        end
    end
    return true
end

local function explore(dir)
    local buffer = {}
    local sBuffer = fs.list(dir)
    for i,v in pairs(sBuffer) do
        sleep(0.05)
        if isNotBanned(dir.."/"..v) then
            if fs.isDir(dir.."/"..v) then
                if v ~= ".git" then
                    print("Compressing directory: "..dir.."/"..v)
                    buffer[v] = explore(dir.."/"..v)
                end
            else
                print("Compressing file: "..dir.."/"..v)
                buffer[v] = readFile(dir.."/"..v)
            end
        end
    end
    return buffer
end

append = [[
local function writeFile(path,content)
    local file = fs.open(path,"w")
    file.write(content)
    file.close()
end
function writeDown(input,dir)
    print("Added \""..dir.."\" as a search directory and searching now...")
    for i,v in pairs(input) do
        if type(v) == "table" then
            print("Adding \""..dir.."/"..i.."\" as a search directory...")
            writeDown(v,dir.."/"..i)
        elseif type(v) == "string" then
            print("Installing file \""..dir.."/"..i.."\"...")
            writeFile(dir.."/"..i,v)
            print("Installed file \""..dir.."/"..i.."\".")
        end
    end
end

function getInput(txt)
    term.setTextColor(colors.green)
    write(txt)
    term.setTextColor(colors.lime)
    write("> ")
    term.setTextColor(colors.yellow)
    local input = io.read()
    term.setTextColor(colors.white)
    return input
end

print("Please input a destination folder:")
local dir = getInput(shell.getRunningProgram())
print()
writeDown(inputTable,dir)


]]

local filesystem = explore(args[1])
local file = fs.open(args[2],"w")
file.write("inputTable = "..textutils.serialize(filesystem).."\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"..append)
file.close()