3 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libmat2/abstract.py b/libmat2/abstract.py
index aaf00d7..a7c5fa5 100644
--- a/libmat2/abstract.py
+++ b/libmat2/abstract.py
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class AbstractParser(abc.ABC):
 
         self.filename = filename
         fname, extension = os.path.splitext(filename)
+
+        # Special case for tar.gz, tar.bz2, … files
+        if fname.endswith('.tar') and len(fname) > 4:
+            fname, extension = fname[:-4], '.tar' + extension
+
         self.output_filename = fname + '.cleaned' + extension
         self.lightweight_cleaning = False
 
diff --git a/libmat2/archive.py b/libmat2/archive.py
index 2936f39..d295afe 100644
--- a/libmat2/archive.py
+++ b/libmat2/archive.py
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ class ArchiveBasedAbstractParser(abstract.AbstractParser):
           the Union[A, B] constrain, hence the weird `#  type: ignore`
           annotations.
     """
+    # Tarfiles can optionally support compression
+    # https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfile.html#tarfile.open
+    compression = ''
+
     def __init__(self, filename):
         super().__init__(filename)
         self.archive_class = None  #  type: Optional[ArchiveClass]
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ class ArchiveBasedAbstractParser(abstract.AbstractParser):
         # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
 
         with self.archive_class(self.filename) as zin,\
-             self.archive_class(self.output_filename, 'w') as zout:
+             self.archive_class(self.output_filename, 'w' + self.compression) as zout:
 
             temp_folder = tempfile.mkdtemp()
             abort = False
@@ -212,7 +216,11 @@ class TarParser(ArchiveBasedAbstractParser):
     mimetypes = {'application/x-tar'}
     def __init__(self, filename):
         super().__init__(filename)
-        self.archive_class = tarfile.TarFile
+        # yes, it's tarfile.TarFile.open and not tarfile.TarFile,
+        # as stated in the documentation:
+        # https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfile.html#tarfile.TarFile
+        # This is required to support compressed archives.
+        self.archive_class = tarfile.TarFile.open
         self.member_class = tarfile.TarInfo
 
     def is_archive_valid(self):
@@ -259,6 +267,22 @@ class TarParser(ArchiveBasedAbstractParser):
         assert isinstance(member, tarfile.TarInfo)  # please mypy
         return member.name
 
+
+class TarGzParser(TarParser):
+    compression = ':gz'
+    mimetypes = {'application/x-tar+gz'}
+
+
+class TarBz2Parser(TarParser):
+    compression = ':bz2'
+    mimetypes = {'application/x-tar+bz2'}
+
+
+class TarXzParser(TarParser):
+    compression = ':xz'
+    mimetypes = {'application/x-tar+xz'}
+
+
 class ZipParser(ArchiveBasedAbstractParser):
     mimetypes = {'application/zip'}
     def __init__(self, filename):
diff --git a/libmat2/parser_factory.py b/libmat2/parser_factory.py
index e93ee4f..3931903 100644
--- a/libmat2/parser_factory.py
+++ b/libmat2/parser_factory.py
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ def get_parser(filename: str) -> Tuple[Optional[T], Optional[str]]:
     if extension.lower() in UNSUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS:
         return None, mtype
 
+    if mtype == 'application/x-tar':
+        if extension[1:] in ('bz2', 'gz', 'xz'):
+            mtype = mtype + '+' + extension[1:]
+
     for parser_class in _get_parsers():  # type: ignore
         if mtype in parser_class.mimetypes:
             try: