til/Development/Python/tarfile.md

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tarfile

# Read then extract
with tarfile.open(path_to_tarfile) as tar:
    tar.extractall(path_to_extract)

# Create a gzipped archive from file
with tarfile.open(path_to_archive, "w:gz") as tar:
    tar.add(path_to_file, arcname=filename_inside_archive)