Python tarfile progress output?

Question

I\'m using the following code to extract a tar file:

import tarfile
tar = tarfile.open(\"sample.tar.gz\")
tar.extractall()
tar.close()

However,

Answer 1

You could use extract instead of extractall - you would be able to print the member names as they are being extracted. To get a list of members, you could use getmembers.

A textual progressbar library can be found here:

• http://code.google.com/p/python-progressbar/

Tkinter snippet:

• http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/ProgressBar