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Bug #1656581: Point out that external file objects are supposed to be 

at position 0.
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Lars Gustäbel 2007-02-12 09:25:53 +00:00
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@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ Some facts and figures:
avoid this. If a compression method is not supported,
\exception{CompressionError} is raised.
If \var{fileobj} is specified, it is used as an alternative to
a file object opened for \var{name}.
If \var{fileobj} is specified, it is used as an alternative to a file
object opened for \var{name}. It is supposed to be at position 0.
For special purposes, there is a second format for \var{mode}:
\code{'filemode|[compression]'}. \function{open()} will return a
@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ tar archive several times. Each archive member is represented by a
If \var{fileobj} is given, it is used for reading or writing data.
If it can be determined, \var{mode} is overridden by \var{fileobj}'s mode.
\var{fileobj} will be used from position 0.
\begin{notice}
\var{fileobj} is not closed, when \class{TarFile} is closed.
\end{notice}