[issue40914] tarfile creates output that appears to omit files

Change by Zachary Ware : -- resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-b

[issue40914] tarfile creates output that appears to omit files

Zachary Ware added the comment: Note that `TarFile.getmembers()` is documented to return `TarInfo` objects, which are documented as explicitly *not* including file data. Try replacing `out.addfile(file)` with `out.addfile(file, tar.extractfile(file))`. -- nosy: +zach.ware _

[issue40914] tarfile creates output that appears to omit files

Change by Michael Richardson : -- versions: +Python 3.7 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https

[issue40914] tarfile creates output that appears to omit files

New submission from Michael Richardson : The simplest tarcopy program seems to result in output that GNU tar, bsdtar, and even Emacs tar-mode is unable to correctly process. It appears that the resulting tar file is missing files, but examination of the raw output shows they might be there, bu