def uncompress(archiveFiles):
    """
        Given a archive file name, extract the contents of it
        in the current directory.
    """
    tar = tarfile.open(archiveFiles, "r:gz")
    for tarinfo in tar:
        tar.extract(tarinfo)
    tar.close()

        Given a archive file name, extract the contents of it
        in the current directory.
    
recipes/Python/286171_Dumping_loading_variables_ascii/recipe-286171.py