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Patool
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Patool is an archive file manager.
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Various archive formats can be created, extracted, tested, listed,
searched, repacked and compared with patool. The advantage of patool is its simplicity in
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handling archive files without having to remember a myriad of
programs and options.
The archive format is determined by the file(1) program and as
a fallback by the archive file extension.
patool supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ADF (.adf), ALZIP (.alz),
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APE (.ape), AR (.a), ARC (.arc), ARJ (.arj), BZIP2 (.bz2),
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CAB (.cab), COMPRESS (.Z), CPIO (.cpio), DEB (.deb), DMS (.dms),
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FLAC (.flac), GZIP (.gz), ISO (.iso), LRZIP (.lrz), LZH (.lha, .lzh),
LZIP (.lz), LZMA (.lzma), LZOP (.lzo), RPM (.rpm), RAR (.rar),
RZIP (.rz), SHN (.shn), TAR (.tar), XZ (.xz), ZIP (.zip, .jar) and
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ZOO (.zoo) formats. It relies on helper applications to handle
those archive formats (for example bzip2 for BZIP2 archives).
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The archive formats TAR, ZIP, BZIP2 and GZIP
are supported natively and do not require helper
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applications to be installed.
Examples
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---------
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```
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# Extract several archives with different formats
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patool extract archive.zip otherarchive.rar
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# Test archive integrity
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patool test --verbose dist.tar.gz
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# List files stored in an archive
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patool list package.deb
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# Create a new archive
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patool create --verbose /path/to/myfiles.zip file1.txt dir/
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# Show differences between two archives
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patool diff release1.0.tar.gz release2.0.zip
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# Search for text insicde archives
patool search "def urlopen" python-3.3.tar.gz
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# Repackage an archive in a different format
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patool repack linux-2.6.33.tar.gz linux-2.6.33.tar.bz2
```
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Website
--------
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See http://wummel.github.io/patool/ for more info and downloads.
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API
----
You can use patool functions from other Python applications.
Log output will be on sys.stdout and sys.stderr.
On errors, `PatoolError` will be raised.
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Note that extra options such as password input or customization
for specific archive programs are not supported.
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```
import patoolib
patoolib.extract_archive("archive.zip", outdir="/tmp")
patoolib.test_archive("dist.tar.gz", verbosity=1)
patoolib.list_archive("package.deb")
patoolib.create_archive("/path/to/myfiles.zip", ("file1.txt", "dir/"))
patoolib.diff_archives("release1.0.tar.gz", "release2.0.zip")
patoolib.search_archive("def urlopen", "python3.3.tar.gz")
patoolib.repack_archive("linux-2.6.33.tar.gz", "linux-2.6.33.tar.bz2")
```
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Test suite status
------------------
Patool has extensive unit tests to ensure the code quality.
[Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/) is used for continuous build
and test integration.
[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/wummel/patool.png)](https://travis-ci.org/wummel/patool)