def extract_iter(self, offset):
'''Extracts the tar item starting at offset and returns an iterable'''
if not 'r' == self.mode:
raise ValueError, 'Cannot extract in append mode'
assert offset % BLOCKSIZE == 0, 'Bad offset (%d)' % offset
info = _pylibtar.pytar_info(self.tar, offset)
if info['size'] <= self.CHUNKSIZE:
yield _pylibtar.pytar_extract_tobuf(self.tar, offset)
else:
import tempfile
tempfd, tempfn = tempfile.mkstemp()
_pylibtar.pytar_extract(self.tar, offset, tempfd)
os.close(tempfd)
fh = open(tempfn, 'rb')
os.unlink(tempfn)
while 1:
chunk = fh.read(self.CHUNKSIZE)
if not chunk: break
yield chunk
def info(self, offset):
'''Returns tarinfo starting at offset'''
if not 'r' == self.mode:
raise ValueError, 'Cannot extract in append mode'
assert offset % BLOCKSIZE == 0, 'Bad offset (%d)' % offset
return _pylibtar.pytar_info(self.tar, offset)