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diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst index 53d7527c65..d0f89471f8 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst @@ -868,23 +868,31 @@ tarballs or zipfiles. Create an archive file (eg. ``zip`` or ``tar``). *base_name* is the name of the file to create, minus any format-specific extension; *format* is the - archive format: one of ``zip``, ``tar``, ``ztar``, or ``gztar``. *root_dir* is - a directory that will be the root directory of the archive; ie. we typically - ``chdir`` into *root_dir* before creating the archive. *base_dir* is the - directory where we start archiving from; ie. *base_dir* will be the common - prefix of all files and directories in the archive. *root_dir* and *base_dir* - both default to the current directory. Returns the name of the archive file. + archive format: one of ``zip``, ``tar``, ``gztar``, ``bztar``, ``xztar``, or + ``ztar``. *root_dir* is a directory that will be the root directory of the + archive; ie. we typically ``chdir`` into *root_dir* before creating the + archive. *base_dir* is the directory where we start archiving from; ie. + *base_dir* will be the common prefix of all files and directories in the + archive. *root_dir* and *base_dir* both default to the current directory. + Returns the name of the archive file. + + .. versionchanged: 3.5 + Added support for the ``xztar`` format. .. function:: make_tarball(base_name, base_dir[, compress='gzip', verbose=0, dry_run=0]) 'Create an (optional compressed) archive as a tar file from all files in and - under *base_dir*. *compress* must be ``'gzip'`` (the default), ``'compress'``, - ``'bzip2'``, or ``None``. Both :program:`tar` and the compression utility named - by *compress* must be on the default program search path, so this is probably - Unix-specific. The output tar file will be named :file:`base_dir.tar`, - possibly plus the appropriate compression extension (:file:`.gz`, :file:`.bz2` - or :file:`.Z`). Return the output filename. + under *base_dir*. *compress* must be ``'gzip'`` (the default), + ``'bzip2'``, ``'xz'``, ``'compress'``, or ``None``. For the ``'compress'`` + method the compression utility named by :program:`compress` must be on the + default program search path, so this is probably Unix-specific. The output + tar file will be named :file:`base_dir.tar`, possibly plus the appropriate + compression extension (``.gz``, ``.bz2``, ``.xz`` or ``.Z``). Return the + output filename. + + .. versionchanged: 3.5 + Added support for the ``xz`` compression. .. function:: make_zipfile(base_name, base_dir[, verbose=0, dry_run=0]) @@ -1193,12 +1201,12 @@ other utility module. .. function:: byte_compile(py_files[, optimize=0, force=0, prefix=None, base_dir=None, verbose=1, dry_run=0, direct=None]) - Byte-compile a collection of Python source files to either :file:`.pyc` or - :file:`.pyo` files in a :file:`__pycache__` subdirectory (see :pep:`3147`). + Byte-compile a collection of Python source files to :file:`.pyc` files in a + :file:`__pycache__` subdirectory (see :pep:`3147` and :pep:`488`). *py_files* is a list of files to compile; any files that don't end in :file:`.py` are silently skipped. *optimize* must be one of the following: - * ``0`` - don't optimize (generate :file:`.pyc`) + * ``0`` - don't optimize * ``1`` - normal optimization (like ``python -O``) * ``2`` - extra optimization (like ``python -OO``) @@ -1222,10 +1230,13 @@ other utility module. doing, leave it set to ``None``. .. versionchanged:: 3.2.3 - Create ``.pyc`` or ``.pyo`` files with an :func:`import magic tag + Create ``.pyc`` files with an :func:`import magic tag <imp.get_tag>` in their name, in a :file:`__pycache__` subdirectory instead of files without tag in the current directory. + .. versionchanged: 3.5 + Create ``.pyc`` files according to :pep:`488`. + .. function:: rfc822_escape(header) |