be a filename or a TarInfo object. You can specify a different directory using `path'. File attributes (owner, mtime, mode) are set unless `set_attrs' is False. If `numeric_owner` is True, only the numbers for user/group names are used and not the names. The `filter` function will be called before extraction. It can return a changed TarInfo or None to skip the member. String names of common filters are accepted. N)