Issue 8463: shutil.make_archive() supports bz2, but it's not documented (original) (raw)

Seems like these formats are supported, so yes "bztar" can be used as a format parameter.

_ARCHIVE_FORMATS = { 'gztar': (_make_tarball, [('compress', 'gzip')], "gzip'ed tar-file"), 'bztar': (_make_tarball, [('compress', 'bzip2')], "bzip2'ed tar-file"),
'ztar': (_make_tarball, [('compress', 'compress')], "compressed tar file"), 'tar': (_make_tarball, [('compress', None)], "uncompressed tar file"), 'zip': (_make_zipfile, [],"ZIP file") }