#!/usr/bin/env python # # Decompressor/compressor for files in Mozilla's "mozLz4" format. Firefox uses this file format to # compress e. g. bookmark backups (*.jsonlz4). # # This file format is in fact just plain LZ4 data with a custom header (magic number [8 bytes] and # uncompressed file size [4 bytes, little endian]). # # This Python 3 script requires the LZ4 bindings for Python, see: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lz4 # # # Copyright (c) 2015, Tilman Blumenbach # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted # provided that the following conditions are met: # # 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions # and the following disclaimer. # 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of # conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided # with the distribution. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR # CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL # DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, # DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER # IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT # OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. import lz4.block import sys from argparse import ArgumentParser class MozLz4aError(Exception): pass class InvalidHeader(MozLz4aError): def __init__(self, msg): self.msg = msg def __str__(self): return self.msg def decompress(file_obj): if file_obj.read(8) != b"mozLz40\0": raise InvalidHeader("Invalid magic number") return lz4.block.decompress(file_obj.read()) def compress(file_obj): compressed = lz4.block.compress(file_obj.read()) return b"mozLz40\0" + compressed if __name__ == "__main__": argparser = ArgumentParser(description="MozLz4a compression/decompression utility") argparser.add_argument( "-d", "--decompress", "--uncompress", action="store_true", help="Decompress the input file instead of compressing it." ) argparser.add_argument( "in_file", help="Path to input file." ) argparser.add_argument( "out_file", help="Path to output file." ) parsed_args = argparser.parse_args() try: in_file = open(parsed_args.in_file, "rb") except IOError as e: print("Could not open input file `%s' for reading: %s" % (parsed_args.in_file, e), file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(2) try: out_file = open(parsed_args.out_file, "wb") except IOError as e: print("Could not open output file `%s' for writing: %s" % (parsed_args.out_file, e), file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(3) try: if parsed_args.decompress: data = decompress(in_file) else: data = compress(in_file) except Exception as e: print("Could not compress/decompress file `%s': %s" % (parsed_args.in_file, e), file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(4) try: out_file.write(data) except IOError as e: print("Could not write to output file `%s': %s" % (parsed_args.out_file, e), file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(5) finally: out_file.close()