Missing tarfile Module

[Richard Townsend]

> I'm trying to use the 'tarfile' module without any luck.  The Python
> interpreter keeps telling me: "ImportError: No module named tarfile".  So
> naturally I don't seem to have the module, which is slightly confusing
> because I'm running version '2.2.1-17' on RedHat Linux.  I'm at a loss,
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>

Python 2.2.1 doesn't contain tarfile - it will become part of Python 2.3

In the meantime you can get it from http://www.gustaebel.de/lars/tarfile/