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diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst index 05f29adb0b..adacb0ab3c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst @@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ Some facts and figures: +------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | ``'r:xz'`` | Open for reading with lzma compression. | +------------------+---------------------------------------------+ + | ``'x'`` or | Create a tarfile exclusively without | + | ``'x:'`` | compression. | + | | Raise an :exc:`FileExistsError` exception | + | | if it is already exists. | + +------------------+---------------------------------------------+ + | ``'x:gz'`` | Create a tarfile with gzip compression. | + | | Raise an :exc:`FileExistsError` exception | + | | if it is already exists. | + +------------------+---------------------------------------------+ + | ``'x:bz2'`` | Create a tarfile with bzip2 compression. | + | | Raise an :exc:`FileExistsError` exception | + | | if it is already exists. | + +------------------+---------------------------------------------+ + | ``'x:xz'`` | Create a tarfile with lzma compression. | + | | Raise an :exc:`FileExistsError` exception | + | | if it is already exists. | + +------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | ``'a' or 'a:'`` | Open for appending with no compression. The | | | file is created if it does not exist. | +------------------+---------------------------------------------+ @@ -82,9 +99,9 @@ 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 modes ``'w:gz'``, ``'r:gz'``, ``'w:bz2'``, ``'r:bz2'``, ``'x:gz'``, + ``'x: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` @@ -127,6 +144,8 @@ Some facts and figures: | | writing. | +-------------+--------------------------------------------+ + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + The ``'x'`` (exclusive creation) mode was added. .. class:: TarFile @@ -252,8 +271,8 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the In this case, the file object's :attr:`name` attribute is used if it exists. *mode* is either ``'r'`` to read from an existing archive, ``'a'`` to append - data to an existing file or ``'w'`` to create a new file overwriting an existing - one. + data to an existing file, ``'w'`` to create a new file overwriting an existing + one or ``'x'`` to create a new file only if it's not exists. If *fileobj* is given, it is used for reading or writing data. If it can be determined, *mode* is overridden by *fileobj*'s mode. *fileobj* will be used @@ -292,12 +311,14 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the to be handled. The default settings will work for most users. See section :ref:`tar-unicode` for in-depth information. - .. versionchanged:: 3.2 - Use ``'surrogateescape'`` as the default for the *errors* argument. - The *pax_headers* argument is an optional dictionary of strings which will be added as a pax global header if *format* is :const:`PAX_FORMAT`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 + Use ``'surrogateescape'`` as the default for the *errors* argument. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + The ``'x'`` (exclusive creation) mode was added. .. classmethod:: TarFile.open(...) @@ -328,11 +349,15 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the returned by :meth:`getmembers`. -.. method:: TarFile.list(verbose=True) +.. method:: TarFile.list(verbose=True, *, members=None) Print a table of contents to ``sys.stdout``. If *verbose* is :const:`False`, only the names of the members are printed. If it is :const:`True`, output - similar to that of :program:`ls -l` is produced. + similar to that of :program:`ls -l` is produced. If optional *members* is + given, it must be a subset of the list returned by :meth:`getmembers`. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Added the *members* parameter. .. method:: TarFile.next() @@ -342,7 +367,7 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the available. -.. method:: TarFile.extractall(path=".", members=None) +.. method:: TarFile.extractall(path=".", members=None, *, numeric_owner=False) Extract all members from the archive to the current working directory or directory *path*. If optional *members* is given, it must be a subset of the @@ -352,6 +377,10 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the reset each time a file is created in it. And, if a directory's permissions do not allow writing, extracting files to it will fail. + If *numeric_owner* is :const:`True`, the uid and gid numbers from the tarfile + are used to set the owner/group for the extracted files. Otherwise, the named + values from the tarfile are used. + .. warning:: Never extract archives from untrusted sources without prior inspection. @@ -359,8 +388,11 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the that have absolute filenames starting with ``"/"`` or filenames with two dots ``".."``. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Added the *numeric_only* parameter. -.. method:: TarFile.extract(member, path="", set_attrs=True) + +.. method:: TarFile.extract(member, path="", set_attrs=True, *, numeric_owner=False) Extract a member from the archive to the current working directory, using its full name. Its file information is extracted as accurately as possible. *member* @@ -368,6 +400,10 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the directory using *path*. File attributes (owner, mtime, mode) are set unless *set_attrs* is false. + If *numeric_owner* is :const:`True`, the uid and gid numbers from the tarfile + are used to set the owner/group for the extracted files. Otherwise, the named + values from the tarfile are used. + .. note:: The :meth:`extract` method does not take care of several extraction issues. @@ -380,6 +416,9 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the .. versionchanged:: 3.2 Added the *set_attrs* parameter. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Added the *numeric_only* parameter. + .. method:: TarFile.extractfile(member) Extract a member from the archive as a file object. *member* may be a filename @@ -802,4 +841,3 @@ In case of :const:`PAX_FORMAT` archives, *encoding* is generally not needed because all the metadata is stored using *UTF-8*. *encoding* is only used in the rare cases when binary pax headers are decoded or when strings with surrogate characters are stored. - |