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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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For related file formats, see the :mod:`gzip`, :mod:`zipfile`, and
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:mod:`tarfile` modules.
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The :mod:`bz2` module contains:
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* The :class:`BZ2File` class for reading and 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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.. class:: BZ2File(filename=None, mode='r', buffering=None, compresslevel=9, fileobj=None)
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Open a bzip2-compressed file.
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The :class:`BZ2File` can wrap an existing :term:`file object` (given by
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*fileobj*), or operate directly on a named file (named by *filename*).
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Exactly one of these two parameters should be provided.
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The *mode* argument can be either ``'r'`` for reading (default), or ``'w'``
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for writing.
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The *buffering* argument is ignored. Its use is deprecated.
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If *mode* is ``'w'``, *compresslevel* can be a number between ``1`` and
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``9`` specifying the level of compression: ``1`` produces the least
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compression, and ``9`` (default) produces the most compression.
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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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.. 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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The *fileobj* argument to the constructor was added.
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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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.. 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 stream is reached raises
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an :exc:`EOFError`. If any data is found after the end of the stream, it
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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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One-shot (de)compression
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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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For incremental decompression, use a :class:`BZ2Decompressor` instead.
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