Package duplicity :: Module tarfile :: Class _FileObject

Class _FileObject

File-like object for reading an archive member, is returned by TarFile.extractfile(). Support for sparse files included.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, tarfile, tarinfo)

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readline(self, size=-1)
Read a line with approx.

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readlines(self)
Return a list with all (following) lines.

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_readnormal(self, size=None)
Read operation for regular files.

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_readsparse(self, size=None)
Read operation for sparse files.

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_readsparsesection(self, size)
Read a single section of a sparse file.

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tell(self)
Return the current file position.

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seek(self, pos, whence=0)
Seek to a position in the file.

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close(self)
Close the file object.

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Method Details

Read a line with approx. size. If size is negative, read a whole line. readline() and read() must not be mixed up (!).