How to unpack .tar.gz files with Python?

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Hi, I would like do the same thing to multiple Giz and Tarfiles. I already replaced "zipfile" for "tarfile" at the script, but It doesn't works with Python 2.7.1 at ArcMap 10.1 (but will be good which It works with newer ArcMap) >>> import tarfile,fnmatch,os ... rootPath = r"C:\Teste_Auto_Unzip" ... pattern = '*.tar.gz' ... for root, dirs, files in os.walk(rootPath): ... for filename in fnmatch.filter(files, pattern): ... print(os.path.join(root, filename)) ... tarfile.TarFile(os.path.join(root, filename)).extractall( os.path.join(root, filename.split(".")[0])) ... C:\Teste_Auto_Unzip\LC82270692015242LGN00.tar.gz Runtime error Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 7, in <module> File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.4\Lib arfile.py", line 1581, in __init__ self.firstmember = self.next() File "C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.4\Lib arfile.py", line 2356, in next raise ReadError(str(e)) ReadError: invalid header‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Thanks in advance!

BrunoDeus1 · Answer

It works!!! Thank you I just replaced: tarfile.TarFile(... for: tarfile.open(... 2017-01-30 16:43 GMT-03:00 Curtis Price : GeoNet Re: How to unpack .tar.gz files with Python? reply from Curtis Price in Python - View the full discussion

curtvprice · Answer

The doc says, and it is a good idea, as the open() method allows you to specify .tar.gz format:

Do not use this class directly, better use tarfile.open() instead

12.5. tarfile — Read and write tar archive files — Python 2.7.13 documentation