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| 1 :mod:`bz2` --- Support for :program:`bzip2` compression | 1 :mod:`bz2` --- Support for :program:`bzip2` compression |
| 2 ======================================================= | 2 ======================================================= |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 .. module:: bz2 | 4 .. module:: bz2 |
| 5 :synopsis: Interfaces for bzip2 compression and decompression. | 5 :synopsis: Interfaces for bzip2 compression and decompression. |
| 6 .. moduleauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com> | 6 .. moduleauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com> |
| 7 .. moduleauthor:: Nadeem Vawda <nadeem.vawda@gmail.com> | 7 .. moduleauthor:: Nadeem Vawda <nadeem.vawda@gmail.com> |
| 8 .. sectionauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com> | 8 .. sectionauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com> |
| 9 .. sectionauthor:: Nadeem Vawda <nadeem.vawda@gmail.com> | 9 .. sectionauthor:: Nadeem Vawda <nadeem.vawda@gmail.com> |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 This module provides a comprehensive interface for compressing and | 12 This module provides a comprehensive interface for compressing and |
| 13 decompressing data using the bzip2 compression algorithm. | 13 decompressing data using the bzip2 compression algorithm. |
| 14 | |
| 15 For related file formats, see the :mod:`gzip`, :mod:`lzma`, :mod:`zipfile`, and | |
| 16 :mod:`tarfile` modules. | |
| 17 | 14 |
| 18 The :mod:`bz2` module contains: | 15 The :mod:`bz2` module contains: |
| 19 | 16 |
| 20 * The :class:`BZ2File` class for reading and writing compressed files. | 17 * The :class:`BZ2File` class for reading and writing compressed files. |
| 21 * The :class:`BZ2Compressor` and :class:`BZ2Decompressor` classes for | 18 * The :class:`BZ2Compressor` and :class:`BZ2Decompressor` classes for |
| 22 incremental (de)compression. | 19 incremental (de)compression. |
| 23 * The :func:`compress` and :func:`decompress` functions for one-shot | 20 * The :func:`compress` and :func:`decompress` functions for one-shot |
| 24 (de)compression. | 21 (de)compression. |
| 25 | 22 |
| 26 All of the classes in this module may safely be accessed from multiple threads. | 23 All of the classes in this module may safely be accessed from multiple threads. |
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| 163 Decompress *data*. | 160 Decompress *data*. |
| 164 | 161 |
| 165 If *data* is the concatenation of multiple compressed streams, decompress | 162 If *data* is the concatenation of multiple compressed streams, decompress |
| 166 all of the streams. | 163 all of the streams. |
| 167 | 164 |
| 168 For incremental decompression, use a :class:`BZ2Decompressor` instead. | 165 For incremental decompression, use a :class:`BZ2Decompressor` instead. |
| 169 | 166 |
| 170 .. versionchanged:: 3.3 | 167 .. versionchanged:: 3.3 |
| 171 Support for multi-stream inputs was added. | 168 Support for multi-stream inputs was added. |
| 172 | 169 |
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