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# 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.

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