Missing tarfile Module

[Peter Hansen]

Metnetsky wrote:
> 
> 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.

The docs at http://www.python.org/doc/current/modindex.html don't
show any tarfile module in the standard library, but I'm sure in
this case Google would be your friend... :)

-Peter