A `SmartFile`_ Open Source project. `Read more`_ about how SmartFile
uses and contributes to Open Source software.

.. figure:: http://www.smartfile.com/images/logo.jpg
   :alt: SmartFile

Introduction
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A complete wrapper for the libarchive library generated using SWIG.
Also included in the package are compatibility layers for the Python
zipfile and tarfile modules.

Libarchive supports the following:

 - Reads a variety of formats, including tar, pax, cpio, zip, xar, lha, ar, cab, mtree, rar, and ISO images.
 - Writes tar, pax, cpio, zip, xar, ar, ISO, mtree, and shar archives.
 - Automatically handles archives compressed with gzip, bzip2, lzip, xz, lzma, or compress.

For information on installing libarchive and python-libarchive, see the `Building`_.

For information on using python-libarchive, see `Examples`_

.. _SmartFile: http://www.smartfile.com/
.. _Read more: http://www.smartfile.com/open-source.html
.. _Building: http://code.google.com/p/python-libarchive/wiki/Building
.. _Examples: http://code.google.com/p/python-libarchive/wiki/Examples