Method test_pax_global_header

Lib/test/test_tarfile.py:2241–2271

(self)

            tar.close()

    def test_pax_global_header(self):
        pax_headers = {
                "foo": "bar",
                "uid": "0",
                "mtime": "1.23",
                "test": "\xe4\xf6\xfc",
                "\xe4\xf6\xfc": "test"}

        tar = tarfile.open(tmpname, "w", format=tarfile.PAX_FORMAT,
                pax_headers=pax_headers)
        try:
            tar.addfile(tarfile.TarInfo("test"))
        finally:
            tar.close()

        # Test if the global header was written correctly.
        tar = tarfile.open(tmpname, encoding="iso8859-1")
        try:
            self.assertEqual(tar.pax_headers, pax_headers)
            self.assertEqual(tar.getmembers()[0].pax_headers, pax_headers)
            # Test if all the fields are strings.
            for key, val in tar.pax_headers.items():
                self.assertIsNot(type(key), bytes)
                self.assertIsNot(type(val), bytes)
                if key in tarfile.PAX_NUMBER_FIELDS:
                    try:
                        tarfile.PAX_NUMBER_FIELDS[key](val)
                    except (TypeError, ValueError):
                        self.fail("unable to convert pax header field")
        finally:
            tar.close()

    def test_pax_extended_header(self):
        # The fields from the pax header have priority over the