unpack archive files in Python Features: - unpack archive files - support passwords - very simple interface - command line interface and library back-ends: - zipfile: included in Python - patool: It relies on helper applications to handle those archive formats (for example bzip2 for BZIP2 archives). Supported formats: 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ALZIP (.alz), AR (.a), ARC (.arc), ARJ (.arj), BZIP2 (.bz2), CAB (.cab), compress (.Z), CPIO (.cpio), DEB (.deb), DMS (.dms), GZIP (.gz), LRZIP (.lrz), LZH (.lha, .lzh), LZIP (.lz), LZMA (.lzma), LZOP (.lzo), RPM (.rpm), RAR (.rar), RZIP (.rz), TAR (.tar), XZ (.xz), ZIP (.zip, .jar) and ZOO (.zoo)