def gzopen(cls, name, mode="r", fileobj=None, compresslevel=9, **kwargs):
        """Open gzip compressed tar archive name for reading or writing.
           Appending is not allowed.
        """
        if len(mode) > 1 or mode not in "rw":
            raise ValueError("mode must be 'r' or 'w'")

        try:
            import gzip
            gzip.GzipFile
        except (ImportError, AttributeError):
            raise CompressionError("gzip module is not available")

        extfileobj = fileobj is not None
        try:
            fileobj = gzip.GzipFile(name, mode + "b", compresslevel, fileobj)
            t = cls.taropen(name, mode, fileobj, **kwargs)
        except IOError:
            if not extfileobj and fileobj is not None:
                fileobj.close()
            if fileobj is None:
                raise
            raise ReadError("not a gzip file")
        except:
            if not extfileobj and fileobj is not None:
                fileobj.close()
            raise
        t._extfileobj = extfileobj
        return t
Open gzip compressed tar archive name for reading or writing.
           Appending is not allowed.