Method extractfile

Lib/tarfile.py:2550–2580

Extract a member from the archive as a file object. 'member' may be a filename or a TarInfo object. If 'member' is a regular file or a link, an io.BufferedReader object is returned. For all other existing members, None is returned. If 'member' does not appear

(self, member)

            self._dbg(1, "tarfile: %s %s" % (type(e).__name__, e))

    def extractfile(self, member):
        """Extract a member from the archive as a file object. 'member' may be
           a filename or a TarInfo object. If 'member' is a regular file or
           a link, an io.BufferedReader object is returned. For all other
           existing members, None is returned. If 'member' does not appear
           in the archive, KeyError is raised.
        """
        self._check("r")

        if isinstance(member, str):
            tarinfo = self.getmember(member)
        else:
            tarinfo = member

        if tarinfo.isreg() or tarinfo.type not in SUPPORTED_TYPES:
            # Members with unknown types are treated as regular files.
            return self.fileobject(self, tarinfo)

        elif tarinfo.islnk() or tarinfo.issym():
            if isinstance(self.fileobj, _Stream):
                # A small but ugly workaround for the case that someone tries
                # to extract a (sym)link as a file-object from a non-seekable
                # stream of tar blocks.
                raise StreamError("cannot extract (sym)link as file object")
            else:
                # A (sym)link's file object is its target's file object.
                return self.extractfile(self._find_link_target(tarinfo))
        else:
            # If there's no data associated with the member (directory, chrdev,
            # blkdev, etc.), return None instead of a file object.
            return None

    def _extract_member(self, tarinfo, targetpath, set_attrs=True,
                        numeric_owner=False, *, filter_function=None,