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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/tarfile.rst15
-rw-r--r--Lib/tarfile.py14
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_tarfile.py60
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
4 files changed, 92 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index 4d0a995..8b53b57 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ a header block followed by data blocks. It is possible to store a file in a tar
archive several times. Each archive member is represented by a :class:`TarInfo`
object, see :ref:`tarinfo-objects` for details.
+A :class:`TarFile` object can be used as a context manager in a :keyword:`with`
+statement. It will automatically be closed when the block is completed. Please
+note that in the event of an exception an archive opened for writing will not
+be finalized, only the internally used file object will be closed. See the
+:ref:`tar-examples` section for a use case.
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.2
+ Added support for the context manager protocol.
.. class:: TarFile(name=None, mode='r', fileobj=None, format=DEFAULT_FORMAT, tarinfo=TarInfo, dereference=False, ignore_zeros=False, encoding=ENCODING, errors=None, pax_headers=None, debug=0, errorlevel=0)
@@ -593,6 +601,13 @@ How to create an uncompressed tar archive from a list of filenames::
tar.add(name)
tar.close()
+The same example using the :keyword:`with` statement::
+
+ import tarfile
+ with tarfile.open("sample.tar", "w") as tar:
+ for name in ["foo", "bar", "quux"]:
+ tar.add(name)
+
How to read a gzip compressed tar archive and display some member information::
import tarfile
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index 7f08a98..e28b1c7 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -2391,6 +2391,20 @@ class TarFile(object):
"""
if level <= self.debug:
print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+
+ def __enter__(self):
+ self._check()
+ return self
+
+ def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+ if type is None:
+ self.close()
+ else:
+ # An exception occurred. We must not call close() because
+ # it would try to write end-of-archive blocks and padding.
+ if not self._extfileobj:
+ self.fileobj.close()
+ self.closed = True
# class TarFile
class TarIter:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index 792f2b9..12cf2fb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -1274,6 +1274,65 @@ class MiscTest(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(tarfile.itn(0xffffffff), b"\x80\x00\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff")
+class ContextManagerTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+ def test_basic(self):
+ with tarfile.open(tarname) as tar:
+ self.assertFalse(tar.closed, "closed inside runtime context")
+ self.assertTrue(tar.closed, "context manager failed")
+
+ def test_closed(self):
+ # The __enter__() method is supposed to raise IOError
+ # if the TarFile object is already closed.
+ tar = tarfile.open(tarname)
+ tar.close()
+ with self.assertRaises(IOError):
+ with tar:
+ pass
+
+ def test_exception(self):
+ # Test if the IOError exception is passed through properly.
+ with self.assertRaises(Exception) as exc:
+ with tarfile.open(tarname) as tar:
+ raise IOError
+ self.assertIsInstance(exc.exception, IOError,
+ "wrong exception raised in context manager")
+ self.assertTrue(tar.closed, "context manager failed")
+
+ def test_no_eof(self):
+ # __exit__() must not write end-of-archive blocks if an
+ # exception was raised.
+ try:
+ with tarfile.open(tmpname, "w") as tar:
+ raise Exception
+ except:
+ pass
+ self.assertEqual(os.path.getsize(tmpname), 0,
+ "context manager wrote an end-of-archive block")
+ self.assertTrue(tar.closed, "context manager failed")
+
+ def test_eof(self):
+ # __exit__() must write end-of-archive blocks, i.e. call
+ # TarFile.close() if there was no error.
+ with tarfile.open(tmpname, "w"):
+ pass
+ self.assertNotEqual(os.path.getsize(tmpname), 0,
+ "context manager wrote no end-of-archive block")
+
+ def test_fileobj(self):
+ # Test that __exit__() did not close the external file
+ # object.
+ fobj = open(tmpname, "wb")
+ try:
+ with tarfile.open(fileobj=fobj, mode="w") as tar:
+ raise Exception
+ except:
+ pass
+ self.assertFalse(fobj.closed, "external file object was closed")
+ self.assertTrue(tar.closed, "context manager failed")
+ fobj.close()
+
+
class GzipMiscReadTest(MiscReadTest):
tarname = gzipname
mode = "r:gz"
@@ -1354,6 +1413,7 @@ def test_main():
AppendTest,
LimitsTest,
MiscTest,
+ ContextManagerTest,
]
if hasattr(os, "link"):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e8f37ab..9fd6a9a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ C-API
Library
-------
+- Issue #7232: Add support for the context manager protocol to the TarFile
+ class.
+
- Issue #7250: Fix info leak of os.environ across multi-run uses of
wsgiref.handlers.CGIHandler.