12. 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.

• 12.1. zlib — Compression compatible with gzip
• 12.2. gzip — Support for gzip files
  • 12.2.1. Examples of usage
• 12.3. zipfile — Work with ZIP archives
  • 12.3.1. ZipFile Objects
  • 12.3.2. PyZipFile Objects
  • 12.3.3. ZipInfo Objects
• 12.4. tarfile — Read and write tar archive files
  • 12.4.1. TarFile Objects
  • 12.4.2. TarInfo Objects
  • 12.4.3. Examples
  • 12.4.4. Supported tar formats
  • 12.4.5. Unicode issues