#22613: elaborate on arguments of shutil archival functions (thanks Jacques Ducasse)

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Georg Brandl 2014-10-31 10:02:40 +01:00
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@ -449,12 +449,17 @@ provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
*root_dir* and *base_dir* both default to the current directory. *root_dir* and *base_dir* both default to the current directory.
If *dry_run* is true, no archive is created, but the operations that would be
executed are logged to *logger*.
*owner* and *group* are used when creating a tar archive. By default, *owner* and *group* are used when creating a tar archive. By default,
uses the current owner and group. uses the current owner and group.
*logger* must be an object compatible with :pep:`282`, usually an instance of *logger* must be an object compatible with :pep:`282`, usually an instance of
:class:`logging.Logger`. :class:`logging.Logger`.
The *verbose* argument is currently unused.
.. function:: get_archive_formats() .. function:: get_archive_formats()
@ -474,14 +479,19 @@ provided. They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
.. function:: register_archive_format(name, function, [extra_args, [description]]) .. function:: register_archive_format(name, function, [extra_args, [description]])
Register an archiver for the format *name*. *function* is a callable that Register an archiver for the format *name*.
will be used to invoke the archiver.
*function* is the callable that will be used to unpack archives. The callable
will receive the *base_name* of the file to create, followed by the
*base_dir* (which defaults to :data:`os.curdir`) to start archiving from.
Further arguments are passed as keyword arguments: *owner*, *group*,
*dry_run* and *logger* (as passed in :func:`make_archive`).
If given, *extra_args* is a sequence of ``(name, value)`` pairs that will be If given, *extra_args* is a sequence of ``(name, value)`` pairs that will be
used as extra keywords arguments when the archiver callable is used. used as extra keywords arguments when the archiver callable is used.
*description* is used by :func:`get_archive_formats` which returns the *description* is used by :func:`get_archive_formats` which returns the
list of archivers. Defaults to an empty list. list of archivers. Defaults to an empty string.
.. function:: unregister_archive_format(name) .. function:: unregister_archive_format(name)