cpython/Doc/library/archiving.rst

.. _archiving:

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Data Compression and Archiving
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The modules described in this chapter support data compression with the zlib,
gzip, bzip2 and lzma algorithms, and the creation of ZIP- and tar-format
archives.  See also :ref:`archiving-operations` provided by the :mod:`shutil`
module.


.. toctree::

   zlib.rst
   gzip.rst
   bz2.rst
   lzma.rst
   zipfile.rst
   tarfile.rst
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			`Data Compression and Archiving`
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			`The modules described in this chapter support data compression with the zlib,`
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			`module.`
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			`.. toctree::`

			`zlib.rst`
			`gzip.rst`
			`bz2.rst`
Issue #6715: Add module for compression using the LZMA algorithm. 2011-11-30 00:25:06 +02:00			`lzma.rst`
Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00			`zipfile.rst`
			`tarfile.rst`