remove/delete method for zipfile/tarfile objects

Doc/library/zipfile.rst

 :mod:`zipfile` --- Work with ZIP archives
 =========================================
 
 .. module:: zipfile
    :synopsis: Read and write ZIP-format archive files.
 .. moduleauthor:: James C. Ahlstrom <jim@interet.com>
 .. sectionauthor:: James C. Ahlstrom <jim@interet.com>
 
 **Source code:** :source:`Lib/zipfile.py`
 
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    Set *pwd* as default password to extract encrypted files.
 
 
 .. method:: ZipFile.read(name, pwd=None)
 
    Return the bytes of the file *name* in the archive.  *name* is the name of the
    file in the archive, or a :class:`ZipInfo` object.  The archive must be open for
    read or append. *pwd* is the password used for encrypted  files and, if specified,
    it will override the default password set with :meth:`setpassword`.  Calling
    :meth:`read` on a closed ZipFile  will raise a :exc:`RuntimeError`.
+
+
+.. method:: ZipFile.remove(member)
+
+   Removes the file *member* from the archive.  *member* must be the full file
+   name in the archive or a :class:`ZipInfo` object.  The archive must be open in
+   append mode. Calling :meth:`remove` on a closed ZipFile  will raise a
+   :exc:`RuntimeError`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 
 .. method:: ZipFile.testzip()
 
    Read all the files in the archive and check their CRC's and file headers.
    Return the name of the first bad file, or else return ``None``. Calling
    :meth:`testzip` on a closed ZipFile will raise a :exc:`RuntimeError`.
 
 
 .. method:: ZipFile.write(filename, arcname=None, compress_type=None)
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 .. attribute:: ZipInfo.compress_size
 
    Size of the compressed data.
 
 
 .. attribute:: ZipInfo.file_size
 
    Size of the uncompressed file.