[Bug #812325 ] tarfile.close() can write out more bytes to the output

akuchling · akuchling · commit 6e4f7a82da17 · 2004-01-02T15:44:29.000Z
than are specified by the buffer size.  The patch calls .__write()
   to ensure that any full blocks are written out.
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ def close(self):
         if self.mode == "w" and self.buf:
             if self.type != "tar":
                 self.buf += self.cmp.flush()
+            self.__write("")            # Write remaining blocks to output
             self.fileobj.write(self.buf)
             self.buf = ""
             if self.type == "gz":
