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pythonpython-3.xtarfilepathlib

Windows! Path String \ gets converted to \\\\

This Code works just fine on Ubuntu and MacOs but gives me headaches on windows.

manifest_zip_path = Path(zip_path).name / Path("manifest")
tar = tarfile.open(zip_path, "r:gz")
f = tar.extractfile(str(manifest_zip_path))

There is a Path object which I convert to a string. In Debugger the string is shown as "abcde.tar.gz\manifest". When I pass it to the extractfile function I get:

KeyError: filename 'abcde.tar.gz\\\\manifest' not found

Where do these 4 backslashes come from? The conversion has to happen inside the tarfile method? Is this an Error from them and if not how can I resolve it?

Solution

  • Resolved the issue by doing this

    f = tar.extractfile(str(manifest_zip_path).replace("\\", "/"))

    tarfile library doesn't like backslashes apparently.