TarInfo.linkname Name of the target file name, which is only present in TarInfo objects of type LNKTYPE and SYMTYPE.

TarInfo.mtime Time of last modification.

TarInfo.isreg() Same as isfile().

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

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

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

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

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

TarInfo.gname Group name.

classmethod TarInfo.fromtarfile(tarfile) Read the next member from the TarFile object tarfile and return it as a TarInfo object.