ar

Python package for parsing ar archive file.

Installation

pip install ar

Usage

List files inside file.a

from ar import Archive
with open('file.a', 'rb') as f:
  archive = Archive(f)
  for entry in archive:
    print(entry.name)

Read content of file.txt contained within file.a.

from ar import Archive
with open('file.a', 'rb') as f:
  archive = Archive(f)
  print(archive.open('file.txt').read())

Extract all files:

from ar import Archive
with open('file.a', 'rb') as f:
  archive = Archive(f)
  for entry in archive:
    with open(entry.name, 'wb') as output:
      content = archive.open(entry, 'rb').read()
      output.write(content)

Developing

Create a virtual environment using python version of liking

python3.10 -m venv venv

Activate it

source venv/bin/activate

Install package editable together with relevant optional dependencies

pip install -e '.[test,dev]'

Author

Samuel Carlsson