12. Data Compression and Archiving
The modules described in this chapter support data compression with the zlib, gzip, and bzip2 algorithms, and the creation of ZIP- and tar-format archives.
| zlib | Low-level interface to compression and decompression routines compatible with gzip. | |
| gzip | Interfaces for gzip compression and decompression using file objects. | |
| bz2 | Interface to compression and decompression routines compatible with bzip2. | |
| zipfile | Read and write ZIP-format archive files. | |
| tarfile | Read and write tar-format archive files. |
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Release 2.5, documentation updated on 19th September, 2006.