tarfile.TarFile.extractfile¶

TarFile.extractfile(member)[source]¶

Extract a member from the archive as a file object. `member’ may be a filename or a TarInfo object. If `member’ is a regular file, a file-like object is returned. If `member’ is a link, a file-like object is constructed from the link’s target. If `member’ is none of the above, None is returned. The file-like object is read-only and provides the following methods: read(), readline(), readlines(), seek() and tell()