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.
| zlib |
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Low-level interface to compression and decompression
routines compatible with gzip. |
| gzip |
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Interfaces for gzip compression and
decompression using file objects. |
| bz2 |
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Interface to compression and decompression
routines compatible with bzip2. |
| zipfile |
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Read and write ZIP-format archive files. |
| tarfile |
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Read and write tar-format archive files. |
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