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55<H2><A NAME="SECTION0091920000000000000000"></A><A NAME="tarinfo-objects"></A>
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577.19.2 TarInfo Objects
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60<P>
61A <tt class="class">TarInfo</tt> object represents one member in a
62<tt class="class">TarFile</tt>. Aside from storing all required attributes of a file
63(like file type, size, time, permissions, owner etc.), it provides
64some useful methods to determine its type. It does <em>not</em> contain
65the file's data itself.
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68<tt class="class">TarInfo</tt> objects are returned by <tt class="class">TarFile</tt>'s methods
69<tt class="method">getmember()</tt>, <tt class="method">getmembers()</tt> and <tt class="method">gettarinfo()</tt>.
70
71<P>
72<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
73 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-2918' xml:id='l2h-2918' class="class">TarInfo</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
74 <td><var></var><big>[</big><var>name</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
75<dd>
76 Create a <tt class="class">TarInfo</tt> object.
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79<P>
80<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
81 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2919' xml:id='l2h-2919' class="method">frombuf</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
82 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
83<dd>
84 Create and return a <tt class="class">TarInfo</tt> object from a string buffer.
85</dl>
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87<P>
88<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
89 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2920' xml:id='l2h-2920' class="method">tobuf</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
90 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
91<dd>
92 Create a string buffer from a <tt class="class">TarInfo</tt> object.
93</dl>
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95<P>
96A <code>TarInfo</code> object has the following public data attributes:
97
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99<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2921' xml:id='l2h-2921' class="member">name</tt></b></dt>
100<dd>
101 Name of the archive member.
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105<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2922' xml:id='l2h-2922' class="member">size</tt></b></dt>
106<dd>
107 Size in bytes.
108</dl>
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111<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2923' xml:id='l2h-2923' class="member">mtime</tt></b></dt>
112<dd>
113 Time of last modification.
114</dl>
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117<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2924' xml:id='l2h-2924' class="member">mode</tt></b></dt>
118<dd>
119 Permission bits.
120</dl>
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123<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2925' xml:id='l2h-2925' class="member">type</tt></b></dt>
124<dd>
125 File type. <var>type</var> is usually one of these constants:
126 <tt class="constant">REGTYPE</tt>, <tt class="constant">AREGTYPE</tt>, <tt class="constant">LNKTYPE</tt>,
127 <tt class="constant">SYMTYPE</tt>, <tt class="constant">DIRTYPE</tt>, <tt class="constant">FIFOTYPE</tt>,
128 <tt class="constant">CONTTYPE</tt>, <tt class="constant">CHRTYPE</tt>, <tt class="constant">BLKTYPE</tt>,
129 <tt class="constant">GNUTYPE_SPARSE</tt>. To determine the type of a
130 <tt class="class">TarInfo</tt> object more conveniently, use the <code>is_*()</code>
131 methods below.
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135<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2926' xml:id='l2h-2926' class="member">linkname</tt></b></dt>
136<dd>
137 Name of the target file name, which is only present in
138 <tt class="class">TarInfo</tt> objects of type <tt class="constant">LNKTYPE</tt> and
139 <tt class="constant">SYMTYPE</tt>.
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143<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2927' xml:id='l2h-2927' class="member">uid</tt></b></dt>
144<dd>
145 User ID of the user who originally stored this member.
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149<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2928' xml:id='l2h-2928' class="member">gid</tt></b></dt>
150<dd>
151 Group ID of the user who originally stored this member.
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155<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2929' xml:id='l2h-2929' class="member">uname</tt></b></dt>
156<dd>
157 User name.
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161<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2930' xml:id='l2h-2930' class="member">gname</tt></b></dt>
162<dd>
163 Group name.
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166<P>
167A <tt class="class">TarInfo</tt> object also provides some convenient query methods:
168
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171 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2931' xml:id='l2h-2931' class="method">isfile</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
172 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
173<dd>
174 Return <tt class="constant">True</tt> if the <tt class="class">Tarinfo</tt> object is a regular
175 file.
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180 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2932' xml:id='l2h-2932' class="method">isreg</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
181 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
182<dd>
183 Same as <tt class="method">isfile()</tt>.
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188 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2933' xml:id='l2h-2933' class="method">isdir</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
189 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
190<dd>
191 Return <tt class="constant">True</tt> if it is a directory.
192</dl>
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195<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
196 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2934' xml:id='l2h-2934' class="method">issym</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
197 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
198<dd>
199 Return <tt class="constant">True</tt> if it is a symbolic link.
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204 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2935' xml:id='l2h-2935' class="method">islnk</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
205 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
206<dd>
207 Return <tt class="constant">True</tt> if it is a hard link.
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212 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2936' xml:id='l2h-2936' class="method">ischr</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
213 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
214<dd>
215 Return <tt class="constant">True</tt> if it is a character device.
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220 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2937' xml:id='l2h-2937' class="method">isblk</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
221 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
222<dd>
223 Return <tt class="constant">True</tt> if it is a block device.
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228 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2938' xml:id='l2h-2938' class="method">isfifo</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
229 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
230<dd>
231 Return <tt class="constant">True</tt> if it is a FIFO.
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236 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-2939' xml:id='l2h-2939' class="method">isdev</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
237 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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239 Return <tt class="constant">True</tt> if it is one of character device, block
240 device or FIFO.
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