tarfile — Easy Examples

Read and write tar archives (.tar.gz, .tar.bz2)

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Getting started with tarfile

Basic import and usage of the tarfile module.

python
import tarfile

print(f"Module: tarfile")
print(f"Contents: {dir(tarfile)[:10]}")

The tarfile module is part of Python's standard library. Read and write tar archives (.tar.gz, .tar.bz2).

Common tarfile operations

Frequently used functions from the tarfile module.

python
# More tarfile examples
import tarfile

print(f"tarfile module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {tarfile.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(tarfile))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the tarfile module.

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