create_new Method
Creates a new archive.
Syntax
def create_new(archive_type: int) -> None: ...
Remarks
Use this method to create a new archive file. Provide the desired archive type in the ArchiveType parameter.
The following archive types are currently supported:
| aftUnknown (0) | It was not possible to establish the type of the archive file (not applicable here). |
| aftZip (1) | The archive contains data in ZIP format. |
| aftGzip (2) | The archive file contains data in GZIP format. |
| aftBzip2 (3) | The archive contains BZIP2 data. |
| aftTar (4) | The archive contains a .tar file. |
| aftTarGzip (5) | The archive contains a .tar.gz file. |
| aftTarBzip2 (6) | The archive contains data in .tar.bz2 format. |
The archive will be kept in memory until written down with save or save_stream method.