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Python package providing a common interface for unpacking zip and tar achives.

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python-archive
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This package provides a simple, pure-Python interface for handling various
archive file formats.  Currently, archive extraction is the only supported
action.  Supported file formats include:

* Zip formats and equivalents: ``.zip``, ``.egg``, ``.jar``.
* Tar and compressed tar formats: ``.tar``, ``.tar.gz``, ``.tgz``,
  ``.tar.bz2``, ``.tz2``.


Example usage
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Using the ``Archive`` class::

    from archive import Archive
    a = Archive('files.tar.gz')
    a.extract()

Using the ``extract`` convenience function::

    from archive import extract
    # Extract in current directory.
    extract('files.tar.gz')
    # Extract in directory 'unpack_dir'.
    extract('files.tar.gz', 'unpack_dir')


Similar tools
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* http://pypi.python.org/pypi/patool/ - portable command line archive file
  manager.
* http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gocept.download/ - zc.buildout recipe for
  downloading and extracting an archive.