SAP CAR¶
The following subsections show a graphical representation of the file format portions and how to generate them.
First we need to perform some setup to import the packet classes:
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from pysap.SAPCAR import *
from IPython.display import display
SAPCAR Archive version 2.00¶
We first create a temporary file and compress it inside an archive file:
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with open("some_file", "w") as fd:
fd.write("Some string to compress")
f0 = SAPCARArchive("archive_file.car", mode="wb", version=SAPCAR_VERSION_200)
f0.add_file("some_file")
The file is comprised of the following main structures:
SAPCAR Archive version 2.01¶
We first create a temporary file and compress it inside an archive file:
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f1 = SAPCARArchive("archive_file.car", mode="wb", version=SAPCAR_VERSION_201)
f1.add_file("some_file")
The file is comprised of the following main structures:
SAPCAR Compressed data¶
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f1._sapcar.files1[0].blocks[0].compressed.canvas_dump()
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from os import remove
remove("some_file")
remove("archive_file.car")