mango.io.compress

mango.io.compress(filePath, dest=None, method='application/x-bzip2', preserve=True)

Compress specified file.

Parameters:

• filePath (str) – File to be compressed.
• dest (str) – Name of compressed file If dest==None, file name is filePath + ext where ext is the extension related to the compression method.
• method (str) – Compression method used (e.g. BZIP2, GZIP).
• preserve (bool) – If False, original uncompressed file is deleted after compressed file is created.

Return type:

str

Returns:

Compressed file name.