13. Data Compression and Archiving

The modules described in this chapter support data compression with the zlib, gzip, and bzip2 algorithms, and the creation of ZIP- and tar-format archives.

• 13.1. zlib — Compression compatible with gzip
• 13.2. gzip — Support for gzip files
  • 13.2.1. Examples of usage
• 13.3. bz2 — Compression compatible with bzip2
  • 13.3.1. (De)compression of files
  • 13.3.2. Sequential (de)compression
  • 13.3.3. One-shot (de)compression
• 13.4. zipfile — Work with ZIP archives
  • 13.4.1. ZipFile Objects
  • 13.4.2. PyZipFile Objects
  • 13.4.3. ZipInfo Objects
• 13.5. tarfile — Read and write tar archive files
  • 13.5.1. TarFile Objects
  • 13.5.2. TarInfo Objects
  • 13.5.3. Examples
  • 13.5.4. Supported tar formats
  • 13.5.5. Unicode issues