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    Python/docs/3.9/library/archiving

    Data Compression and Archiving

    The modules described in this chapter support data compression with the zlib, gzip, bzip2 and lzma algorithms, and the creation of ZIP- and tar-format archives. See also Archiving operations provided by the shutil module.

    • zlib — Compression compatible with gzip
    • gzip — Support for gzip files
      • Examples of usage
      • Command Line Interface
        • Command line options
    • bz2 — Support for bzip2 compression
      • (De)compression of files
      • Incremental (de)compression
      • One-shot (de)compression
      • Examples of usage
    • lzma — Compression using the LZMA algorithm
      • Reading and writing compressed files
      • Compressing and decompressing data in memory
      • Miscellaneous
      • Specifying custom filter chains
      • Examples
    • zipfile — Work with ZIP archives
      • ZipFile Objects
      • Path Objects
      • PyZipFile Objects
      • ZipInfo Objects
      • Command-Line Interface
        • Command-line options
      • Decompression pitfalls
        • From file itself
        • File System limitations
        • Resources limitations
        • Interruption
        • Default behaviors of extraction
    • tarfile — Read and write tar archive files
      • TarFile Objects
      • TarInfo Objects
      • Command-Line Interface
        • Command-line options
      • Examples
      • Supported tar formats
      • Unicode issues


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