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diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst index 1ef270358b..15b88f87b7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst @@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ Some facts and figures: If *fileobj* is specified, it is used as an alternative to a :term:`file object` opened in binary mode for *name*. It is supposed to be at position 0. + For modes ``'w:gz'``, ``'r:gz'``, ``'w:bz2'``, ``'r:bz2'``, :func:`tarfile.open` + accepts the keyword argument *compresslevel* to specify the compression level of + the file. + For special purposes, there is a second format for *mode*: ``'filemode|[compression]'``. :func:`tarfile.open` will return a :class:`TarFile` object that processes its data as a stream of blocks. No random seeking will @@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ Roger Burnham Alastair Burt Tarn Weisner Burton Lee Busby +Katherine Busch Ralph Butler Nicolas Cadou Jp Calderone |