Shutil module in Python provides many functions of high-level operations on files and collections of files. It comes under Python’s standard utility modules. This module helps in automating process of copying and removal of files and directories.
shutil.get_archive_formats() method in Python is used to get the list of supported formats for archiving.
Following formats are available by default for archiving:
- zip: ZIP file
- tar: uncompressed tar file.
- gztar: gzip’ed tar-file
- bztar: bzip2’ed tar-file
- xztar: xz’ed tar-file
Syntax: shutil.get_archive_formats()
Parameter: No parameter is required
Return Type: This method returns a list which represents the formats supported for archiving. Each element of the list is a tuple (name, description).
Code: Use of shutil.get_archive_formats() method
# Python program to explain shutil.get_archive_formats() method # importing shutil module import shutil # Get the list of # supported archiving formats formats = shutil.get_archive_formats() # Print the list of # supported archiving formats print("Supported archiving formats:\n", formats) |
Output:
Supported archiving formats:
[('bztar', "bzip2'ed tar-file"), ('gztar', "gzip'ed tar-file"),
('tar', 'uncompressed tar file'), ('xztar', "xz'ed tar-file"), ('zip', 'ZIP file')]
