"gzip" --- Support for **gzip** files
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**原始碼：**Lib/gzip.py

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This module provides a simple interface to compress and decompress
files just like the GNU programs **gzip** and **gunzip** would.

The data compression is provided by the "zlib" module.

The "gzip" module provides the "GzipFile" class, as well as the
"open()", "compress()" and "decompress()" convenience functions. The
"GzipFile" class reads and writes **gzip**-format files, automatically
compressing or decompressing the data so that it looks like an
ordinary *file object*.

Note that additional file formats which can be decompressed by the
**gzip** and **gunzip** programs, such  as those produced by
**compress** and **pack**, are not supported by this module.

The module defines the following items:

gzip.open(filename, mode='rb', compresslevel=9, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None)

   Open a gzip-compressed file in binary or text mode, returning a
   *file object*.

   The *filename* argument can be an actual filename (a "str" or
   "bytes" object), or an existing file object to read from or write
   to.

   The *mode* argument can be any of "'r'", "'rb'", "'a'", "'ab'",
   "'w'", "'wb'", "'x'" or "'xb'" for binary mode, or "'rt'", "'at'",
   "'wt'", or "'xt'" for text mode. The default is "'rb'".

   The *compresslevel* argument is an integer from 0 to 9, as for the
   "GzipFile" constructor.

   For binary mode, this function is equivalent to the "GzipFile"
   constructor: "GzipFile(filename, mode, compresslevel)". In this
   case, the *encoding*, *errors* and *newline* arguments must not be
   provided.

   For text mode, a "GzipFile" object is created, and wrapped in an
   "io.TextIOWrapper" instance with the specified encoding, error
   handling behavior, and line ending(s).

   在 3.3 版的變更: Added support for *filename* being a file object,
   support for text mode, and the *encoding*, *errors* and *newline*
   arguments.

   在 3.4 版的變更: Added support for the "'x'", "'xb'" and "'xt'"
   modes.

   在 3.6 版的變更: Accepts a *path-like object*.

exception gzip.BadGzipFile

   An exception raised for invalid gzip files.  It inherits from
   "OSError". "EOFError" and "zlib.error" can also be raised for
   invalid gzip files.

   在 3.8 版新加入.

class gzip.GzipFile(filename=None, mode=None, compresslevel=9, fileobj=None, mtime=None)

   Constructor for the "GzipFile" class, which simulates most of the
   methods of a *file object*, with the exception of the "truncate()"
   method.  At least one of *fileobj* and *filename* must be given a
   non-trivial value.

   The new class instance is based on *fileobj*, which can be a
   regular file, an "io.BytesIO" object, or any other object which
   simulates a file.  It defaults to "None", in which case *filename*
   is opened to provide a file object.

   When *fileobj* is not "None", the *filename* argument is only used
   to be included in the **gzip** file header, which may include the
   original filename of the uncompressed file.  It defaults to the
   filename of *fileobj*, if discernible; otherwise, it defaults to
   the empty string, and in this case the original filename is not
   included in the header.

   The *mode* argument can be any of "'r'", "'rb'", "'a'", "'ab'",
   "'w'", "'wb'", "'x'", or "'xb'", depending on whether the file will
   be read or written.  The default is the mode of *fileobj* if
   discernible; otherwise, the default is "'rb'".  In future Python
   releases the mode of *fileobj* will not be used.  It is better to
   always specify *mode* for writing.

   Note that the file is always opened in binary mode. To open a
   compressed file in text mode, use "open()" (or wrap your "GzipFile"
   with an "io.TextIOWrapper").

   The *compresslevel* argument is an integer from "0" to "9"
   controlling the level of compression; "1" is fastest and produces
   the least compression, and "9" is slowest and produces the most
   compression. "0" is no compression. The default is "9".

   The *mtime* argument is an optional numeric timestamp to be written
   to the last modification time field in the stream when compressing.
   It should only be provided in compression mode.  If omitted or
   "None", the current time is used.  See the "mtime" attribute for
   more details.

   Calling a "GzipFile" object's "close()" method does not close
   *fileobj*, since you might wish to append more material after the
   compressed data.  This also allows you to pass an "io.BytesIO"
   object opened for writing as *fileobj*, and retrieve the resulting
   memory buffer using the "io.BytesIO" object's "getvalue()" method.

   "GzipFile" supports the "io.BufferedIOBase" interface, including
   iteration and the "with" statement.  Only the "truncate()" method
   isn't implemented.

   "GzipFile" also provides the following method and attribute:

   peek(n)

      Read *n* uncompressed bytes without advancing the file position.
      At most one single read on the compressed stream is done to
      satisfy the call.  The number of bytes returned may be more or
      less than requested.

      備註:

        While calling "peek()" does not change the file position of
        the "GzipFile", it may change the position of the underlying
        file object (e.g. if the "GzipFile" was constructed with the
        *fileobj* parameter).

      在 3.2 版新加入.

   mtime

      When decompressing, the value of the last modification time
      field in the most recently read header may be read from this
      attribute, as an integer.  The initial value before reading any
      headers is "None".

      All **gzip** compressed streams are required to contain this
      timestamp field.  Some programs, such as **gunzip**, make use of
      the timestamp.  The format is the same as the return value of
      "time.time()" and the "st_mtime" attribute of the object
      returned by "os.stat()".

   name

      The path to the gzip file on disk, as a "str" or "bytes".
      Equivalent to the output of "os.fspath()" on the original input
      path, with no other normalization, resolution or expansion.

   在 3.1 版的變更: Support for the "with" statement was added, along
   with the *mtime* constructor argument and "mtime" attribute.

   在 3.2 版的變更: Support for zero-padded and unseekable files was
   added.

   在 3.3 版的變更: The "io.BufferedIOBase.read1()" method is now
   implemented.

   在 3.4 版的變更: Added support for the "'x'" and "'xb'" modes.

   在 3.5 版的變更: Added support for writing arbitrary *bytes-like
   objects*. The "read()" method now accepts an argument of "None".

   在 3.6 版的變更: Accepts a *path-like object*.

   在 3.9 版之後被棄用: Opening "GzipFile" for writing without
   specifying the *mode* argument is deprecated.

gzip.compress(data, compresslevel=9, *, mtime=None)

   Compress the *data*, returning a "bytes" object containing the
   compressed data.  *compresslevel* and *mtime* have the same meaning
   as in the "GzipFile" constructor above. When *mtime* is set to "0",
   this function is equivalent to "zlib.compress()" with *wbits* set
   to "31". The zlib function is faster.

   在 3.2 版新加入.

   在 3.8 版的變更: Added the *mtime* parameter for reproducible
   output.

   在 3.11 版的變更: Speed is improved by compressing all data at once
   instead of in a streamed fashion. Calls with *mtime* set to "0" are
   delegated to "zlib.compress()" for better speed.

gzip.decompress(data)

   Decompress the *data*, returning a "bytes" object containing the
   uncompressed data. This function is capable of decompressing multi-
   member gzip data (multiple gzip blocks concatenated together). When
   the data is certain to contain only one member the
   "zlib.decompress()" function with *wbits* set to 31 is faster.

   在 3.2 版新加入.

   在 3.11 版的變更: Speed is improved by decompressing members at
   once in memory instead of in a streamed fashion.


用法範例
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Example of how to read a compressed file:

   import gzip
   with gzip.open('/home/joe/file.txt.gz', 'rb') as f:
       file_content = f.read()

Example of how to create a compressed GZIP file:

   import gzip
   content = b"Lots of content here"
   with gzip.open('/home/joe/file.txt.gz', 'wb') as f:
       f.write(content)

Example of how to GZIP compress an existing file:

   import gzip
   import shutil
   with open('/home/joe/file.txt', 'rb') as f_in:
       with gzip.open('/home/joe/file.txt.gz', 'wb') as f_out:
           shutil.copyfileobj(f_in, f_out)

Example of how to GZIP compress a binary string:

   import gzip
   s_in = b"Lots of content here"
   s_out = gzip.compress(s_in)

也參考:

  "zlib" 模組
     The basic data compression module needed to support the **gzip**
     file format.


Command Line Interface
======================

The "gzip" module provides a simple command line interface to compress
or decompress files.

Once executed the "gzip" module keeps the input file(s).

在 3.8 版的變更: Add a new command line interface with a usage. By
default, when you will execute the CLI, the default compression level
is 6.


Command line options
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file

   If *file* is not specified, read from "sys.stdin".

--fast

   Indicates the fastest compression method (less compression).

--best

   Indicates the slowest compression method (best compression).

-d, --decompress

   Decompress the given file.

-h, --help

   Show the help message.
