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@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
Remove the archive format *name* from the list of supported formats.
-.. function:: unpack_archive(filename[, extract_dir[, format]])
+.. function:: unpack_archive(filename[, extract_dir[, format[, filter]]])
Unpack an archive. *filename* is the full path of the archive.
@@ -628,6 +628,15 @@ provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
registered for that extension. In case none is found,
a :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
+ The keyword-only *filter* argument, which was added in Python 3.9.17,
+ is passed to the underlying unpacking function.
+ For zip files, *filter* is not accepted.
+ For tar files, it is recommended to set it to ``'data'``,
+ unless using features specific to tar and UNIX-like filesystems.
+ (See :ref:`tarfile-extraction-filter` for details.)
+ The ``'data'`` filter will become the default for tar files
+ in Python 3.14.
+
.. audit-event:: shutil.unpack_archive filename,extract_dir,format shutil.unpack_archive
.. warning::
@@ -640,6 +649,9 @@ provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
Accepts a :term:`path-like object` for *filename* and *extract_dir*.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.9.17
+ Added the *filter* argument.
+
.. function:: register_unpack_format(name, extensions, function[, extra_args[, description]])
Registers an unpack format. *name* is the name of the format and
@@ -647,11 +659,14 @@ provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
``.zip`` for Zip files.
*function* is the callable that will be used to unpack archives. The
- callable will receive the path of the archive, followed by the directory
- the archive must be extracted to.
-
- When provided, *extra_args* is a sequence of ``(name, value)`` tuples that
- will be passed as keywords arguments to the callable.
+ callable will receive:
+
+ - the path of the archive, as a positional argument;
+ - the directory the archive must be extracted to, as a positional argument;
+ - possibly a *filter* keyword argument, if it was given to
+ :func:`unpack_archive`;
+ - additional keyword arguments, specified by *extra_args* as a sequence
+ of ``(name, value)`` tuples.
*description* can be provided to describe the format, and will be returned
by the :func:`get_unpack_formats` function.