Gzip module does not support Unix compressed .Z files [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Owen Brandon]

Hello,

I have a query regarding the support of decompression for Unix compressed .Z files in Python's gzip module. The gzip system utility supports this using the '-d' switch, but the python module does not.

Obviously this isn't an actual bug, as the Python module is an implementation of the zlib library (which does not actually specify .Z file decompression). But I'd rather not have to shell out to decompress files if possible - as there currently don't seem to be any core python modules which can decompress .Z files.

What are the chances of this functionality being included in a core module at some point?

Sorry if this is not the correct forum for questions like this - any help would be appreciated.

Kind Regards

Brandon Owen
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