Python 3.3+lzmafunction

lzma.open()

files

Opens an .xz or .lzma file in binary or text mode — the counterpart of open() for LZMA-compressed files.

Syntax

f = lzma.open(filename, mode='rb', *, format=None, check=-1, preset=None, filters=None, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None)

Like bz2.open(), it opens in 'rb' by default and returns bytes; for strings use 'rt'/'wt' with an explicit encoding. The format is detected on reading, so one function reads both .xz and legacy .lzma. When writing, the format parameter picks the container — the file name's extension has no effect.

Examples

import lzma
with lzma.open('old.lzma', 'wt', encoding='utf-8', format=lzma.FORMAT_ALONE) as f:
    f.write('строка')
with lzma.open('old.lzma', 'rt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    print(f.read())  # → строка

lzma.open()

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