python_doc_md/Intermediate/library/archiving.md

Data Compression and Archiving {#archiving}

The modules described in this chapter support data compression with the zlib, gzip, bzip2, lzma, and zstd algorithms, and the creation of ZIP- and tar-format archives. See also archiving-operations{.interpreted-text role="ref"} provided by the shutil{.interpreted-text role="mod"} module.

::: toctree compression.rst compression.zstd.rst zlib.rst gzip.rst bz2.rst lzma.rst zipfile.rst tarfile.rst :::