shutil.get_unpack_formats()

shutil.get_unpack_formats()

Return a list of all registered formats for unpacking. Each element of the returned sequence is a tuple (name, extensions, description).

By default shutil provides these formats:

• gztar: gzip’ed tar-file
• bztar: bzip2’ed tar-file (if the bz2 module is available.)
• xztar: xz’ed tar-file (if the lzma module is available.)
• tar: uncompressed tar file
• zip: ZIP file

You can register new formats or provide your own unpacker for any existing formats, by using register_unpack_format().