TarInfo.issym() Return True if it is a symbolic link.

TarInfo.isreg() Same as isfile().

TarInfo.islnk() Return True if it is a hard link.

TarInfo.isfile() Return True if the Tarinfo object is a regular file.

TarInfo.isfifo() Return True if it is a FIFO.

TarInfo.isdir() Return True if it is a directory.

TarInfo.isdev() Return True if it is one of character device, block device or FIFO.

TarInfo.ischr() Return True if it is a character device.

TarInfo.isblk() Return True if it is a block device.

TarInfo.gname Group name.