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:mod:`bz2` --- Support for :program:`bzip2` compression
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.. module:: bz2
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:synopsis: Interfaces for bzip2 compression and decompression.
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.. moduleauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com>
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.. moduleauthor:: Nadeem Vawda <nadeem.vawda@gmail.com>
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.. sectionauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com>
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.. sectionauthor:: Nadeem Vawda <nadeem.vawda@gmail.com>
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This module provides a comprehensive interface for compressing and
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decompressing data using the bzip2 compression algorithm.
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The :mod:`bz2` module contains:
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* The :func:`.open` function and :class:`BZ2File` class for reading and
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writing compressed files.
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* The :class:`BZ2Compressor` and :class:`BZ2Decompressor` classes for
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incremental (de)compression.
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* The :func:`compress` and :func:`decompress` functions for one-shot
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(de)compression.
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All of the classes in this module may safely be accessed from multiple threads.
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(De)compression of files
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------------------------
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.. function:: open(filename, mode='r', compresslevel=9, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None)
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Open a bzip2-compressed file in binary or text mode, returning a :term:`file
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object`.
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As with the constructor for :class:`BZ2File`, the *filename* argument can be
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an actual filename (a :class:`str` or :class:`bytes` object), or an existing
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file object to read from or write to.
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The *mode* argument can be any of ``'r'``, ``'rb'``, ``'w'``, ``'wb'``,
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``'a'``, or ``'ab'`` for binary mode, or ``'rt'``, ``'wt'``, or ``'at'`` for
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text mode. The default is ``'rb'``.
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The *compresslevel* argument is an integer from 1 to 9, as for the
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:class:`BZ2File` constructor.
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For binary mode, this function is equivalent to the :class:`BZ2File`
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constructor: ``BZ2File(filename, mode, compresslevel=compresslevel)``. In
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this case, the *encoding*, *errors* and *newline* arguments must not be
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provided.
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For text mode, a :class:`BZ2File` object is created, and wrapped in an
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:class:`io.TextIOWrapper` instance with the specified encoding, error
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handling behavior, and line ending(s).
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.. versionadded:: 3.3
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.. class:: BZ2File(filename, mode='r', buffering=None, compresslevel=9)
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Open a bzip2-compressed file in binary mode.
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If *filename* is a :class:`str` or :class:`bytes` object, open the named file
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directly. Otherwise, *filename* should be a :term:`file object`, which will
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be used to read or write the compressed data.
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The *mode* argument can be either ``'r'`` for reading (default), ``'w'`` for
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overwriting, or ``'a'`` for appending. These can equivalently be given as
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``'rb'``, ``'wb'``, and ``'ab'`` respectively.
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If *filename* is a file object (rather than an actual file name), a mode of
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``'w'`` does not truncate the file, and is instead equivalent to ``'a'``.
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The *buffering* argument is ignored. Its use is deprecated.
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If *mode* is ``'w'`` or ``'a'``, *compresslevel* can be a number between
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``1`` and ``9`` specifying the level of compression: ``1`` produces the
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least compression, and ``9`` (default) produces the most compression.
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If *mode* is ``'r'``, the input file may be the concatenation of multiple
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compressed streams.
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:class:`BZ2File` provides all of the members specified by the
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:class:`io.BufferedIOBase`, except for :meth:`detach` and :meth:`truncate`.
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Iteration and the :keyword:`with` statement are supported.
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:class:`BZ2File` also provides the following method:
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.. method:: peek([n])
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Return buffered data without advancing the file position. At least one
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byte of data will be returned (unless at EOF). The exact number of bytes
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returned is unspecified.
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.. note:: While calling :meth:`peek` does not change the file position of
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the :class:`BZ2File`, it may change the position of the underlying file
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object (e.g. if the :class:`BZ2File` was constructed by passing a file
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object for *filename*).
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.. versionadded:: 3.3
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.. versionchanged:: 3.1
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Support for the :keyword:`with` statement was added.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.3
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The :meth:`fileno`, :meth:`readable`, :meth:`seekable`, :meth:`writable`,
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:meth:`read1` and :meth:`readinto` methods were added.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.3
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Support was added for *filename* being a :term:`file object` instead of an
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actual filename.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.3
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The ``'a'`` (append) mode was added, along with support for reading
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multi-stream files.
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Incremental (de)compression
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---------------------------
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.. class:: BZ2Compressor(compresslevel=9)
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Create a new compressor object. This object may be used to compress data
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incrementally. For one-shot compression, use the :func:`compress` function
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instead.
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*compresslevel*, if given, must be a number between ``1`` and ``9``. The
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default is ``9``.
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.. method:: compress(data)
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Provide data to the compressor object. Returns a chunk of compressed data
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if possible, or an empty byte string otherwise.
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When you have finished providing data to the compressor, call the
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:meth:`flush` method to finish the compression process.
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.. method:: flush()
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Finish the compression process. Returns the compressed data left in
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internal buffers.
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The compressor object may not be used after this method has been called.
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.. class:: BZ2Decompressor()
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Create a new decompressor object. This object may be used to decompress data
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incrementally. For one-shot compression, use the :func:`decompress` function
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instead.
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.. note::
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This class does not transparently handle inputs containing multiple
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compressed streams, unlike :func:`decompress` and :class:`BZ2File`. If
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you need to decompress a multi-stream input with :class:`BZ2Decompressor`,
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you must use a new decompressor for each stream.
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.. method:: decompress(data)
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Provide data to the decompressor object. Returns a chunk of decompressed
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data if possible, or an empty byte string otherwise.
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Attempting to decompress data after the end of the current stream is
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reached raises an :exc:`EOFError`. If any data is found after the end of
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the stream, it is ignored and saved in the :attr:`unused_data` attribute.
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.. attribute:: eof
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``True`` if the end-of-stream marker has been reached.
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.. versionadded:: 3.3
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.. attribute:: unused_data
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Data found after the end of the compressed stream.
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If this attribute is accessed before the end of the stream has been
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reached, its value will be ``b''``.
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One-shot (de)compression
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------------------------
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.. function:: compress(data, compresslevel=9)
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Compress *data*.
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*compresslevel*, if given, must be a number between ``1`` and ``9``. The
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default is ``9``.
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For incremental compression, use a :class:`BZ2Compressor` instead.
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.. function:: decompress(data)
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Decompress *data*.
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If *data* is the concatenation of multiple compressed streams, decompress
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all of the streams.
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For incremental decompression, use a :class:`BZ2Decompressor` instead.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.3
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Support for multi-stream inputs was added.
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