Python - Data Compression
Python's standard library has a rich collection of modules for data compression and archiving. One can select whichever is suitable for his job.
There are following modules related to data compression −
| Sr.No. |
Module & Description |
1 |
zlib Compression compatible with gzip. |
2 |
gzip Support for gzip files. |
3 |
bz2 Support for bz2 compression. |
4 |
lzma Compression using the LZMA algorithm. |
5 |
zipfile Work with ZIP archives. |
6 |
tarfilev Read and write tar archive files. |
