[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): document the compress_level argument to tarfile.open (closes #21404)

[benjamin.peterson]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/390b7fd617a9
changeset:   91064:390b7fd617a9
branch:      2.7
parent:      91062:29d34f4f8900
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Sat Jun 07 12:45:37 2014 -0700
summary:
  document the compress_level argument to tarfile.open (closes #21404)

Patch by Katherine Busch.

files:
  Doc/library/tarfile.rst |  4 ++++
  Misc/ACKS               |  1 +
  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
    If *fileobj* is specified, it is used as an alternative to a file object opened
    for *name*. It is supposed to be at position 0.
 
+   For modes ``'w:gz'``, ``'r:gz'``, ``'w:bz2'``, ``'r:bz2'``, :func:`tarfile.open`
+   accepts the keyword argument *compresslevel* to specify the compression level of
+   the file.
+
    For special purposes, there is a second format for *mode*:
    ``'filemode|[compression]'``.  :func:`tarfile.open` will return a :class:`TarFile`
    object that processes its data as a stream of blocks.  No random seeking will
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
 Alastair Burt
 Tarn Weisner Burton
 Lee Busby
+Katherine Busch
 Ralph Butler
 Nicolas Cadou
 Jp Calderone

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython