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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/tarfile.rst | 5 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst index f25af8c..c34f2c4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst @@ -290,9 +290,10 @@ be finalized; only the internally used file object will be closed. See the *fileobj* is not closed, when :class:`TarFile` is closed. - *format* controls the archive format. It must be one of the constants + *format* controls the archive format for writing. It must be one of the constants :const:`USTAR_FORMAT`, :const:`GNU_FORMAT` or :const:`PAX_FORMAT` that are - defined at module level. + defined at module level. When reading, format will be automatically detected, even + if different formats are present in a single archive. The *tarinfo* argument can be used to replace the default :class:`TarInfo` class with a different one. |