1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py b/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py
index 0a96e7c..a34caac 100644
--- a/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py
+++ b/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py
@@ -30,6 +30,26 @@ def __special_file__(filename):
     return (is_macosx_special_file or is_nix_hidden_file)
 
 
+def extract(zfile: ZipFile, outputdir: Path) -> tuple[Path, ...]:
+    """Extract a ZipFile
+
+    This function will extract a zipfile `zfile` to the directory `outputdir`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    zfile: zipfile.ZipFile object - the zipfile to extract.
+    outputdir: Optional pathlib.Path object - where the extracted files go.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    A tuple of Path objects, each pointing to a member in the zipfile.
+    """
+    outputdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return tuple(Path(zfile.extract(member, outputdir))
+                 for member in zfile.namelist()
+                 if not __special_file__(member))
+
+
 def control_data(zfile: ZipFile) -> dict:
     """Retrieve the control file from the zip file info."""
     files = tuple(filename