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

[Owen Brandon]

That's actually the module that I wrote for this purpose (adapted Mark Adler's C code) - I haven't optimised it very much.

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From: Python-list [mailto:python-list-bounces+brandon.owen=ga.gov.au at python.org] On Behalf Of Robert Kern
Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2016 12:18 AM
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Subject: Re: Gzip module does not support Unix compressed .Z files [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

On 2016-07-04 09:00, dieter wrote:
> "Owen Brandon" <Brandon.Owen at ga.gov.au> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> When I am right, then the "zipfile" module handles ".Z" compressed files.

No, that handles PKZIP .zip files. There are third-party modules that handle the .Z format, but shelling out to external programs may still be preferable:

   https://github.com/umeat/unlzw

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