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 |
|
Low-level interface to compression and decompression
routines compatible with gzip. |
gzip |
|
Interfaces for gzip compression and
decompression using file objects. |
bz2 |
|
Interface to compression and decompression
routines compatible with bzip2. |
zipfile |
|
Read and write ZIP-format archive files. |
tarfile |
|
Read and write tar-format archive files. |
Release 2.5.2, documentation updated on 21st February, 2008.
See About this document... for information on suggesting changes.
|