Arpy
This library can be used to access ar files from python.
It supports both GNU and BSD formats and exposes the archived files using the standard python file interface.
Usage
Standard file usage:
With context managers:
with arpy.Archive('file.ar') as ar:
print("files: %s" % ar.namelist())
with ar.open('content.txt') as f:
print(f.read())
Via headers for duplicate names:
with arpy.Archive('file.ar') as ar:
for header in ar.infolist():
print("file: %s" % header.name)
with ar.open(header) as f:
print(f.read())
Or directly:
ar = arpy.Archive('file.ar'))
ar.read_all_headers()
# check all available files
ar.archived_files.keys()
# get the contents of the archived file
ar.archived_files[b'some_file'].read()
Stream / pipe / ... usage:
ar = arpy.Archive('file.ar'))
for f in ar:
print("got file name: %s" % f.header.name)
print("with contents: %s" % f.read())
Contributions
All contributions welcome. Just make sure that:
- tests are provided
- all current platforms are passing (tox configuration is provided)
- coverage is close to 100% (currently only missing statements are those depending on python version being used)
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