tarfile

Read and write tar archive files.

import tarfile

Constants

Name	Type	Description
regtype	int
dirtype	int
symtype	int
lnktype	int

Functions

tarfile.open(name: str, mode: str = "r") -> TarFile

tarfile.is_tarfile(name: str) -> bool

TarError

Base exception for tarfile errors. Equivalent to Python's tarfile.TarError.

ReadError

Base exception for tarfile errors. Equivalent to Python's tarfile.TarError.

CompressionError

Base exception for tarfile errors. Equivalent to Python's tarfile.TarError.

ExtractError

Base exception for tarfile errors. Equivalent to Python's tarfile.TarError.

TarFile

Tar archive for reading or writing. Equivalent to Python's tarfile.TarFile.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
name	str

getnames() -> list[str]

getmembers() -> list[TarInfo]

getmember(name: str) -> TarInfo

extractfile(name: str) -> Bytes | None

extractall(path: str | None = None, members: list[TarInfo] | None = None)

extract(name: str, path: str | None = None)

add(name: str, arcname: str | None = None, recursive: bool = True)

addfile(tarinfo: TarInfo, fileobj: Stream | None = None)

close()

TarInfo

Metadata about a tar archive member. Equivalent to Python's tarfile.TarInfo.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
name	str
size	long
mtime	float
mode	int
type	int
linkname	str
uid	int
gid	int
uname	str
gname	str

isfile() -> bool

isdir() -> bool

issym() -> bool

islnk() -> bool