hpk/tar
2023-03-28 19:16:38 -04:00
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src Fix long filenames when creating tar header from metadata and filename 2023-03-28 19:16:38 -04:00
Cargo.toml Extend tar functionality to turn nodes and archives into byte vectors; 2023-03-25 12:28:44 -04:00
README.md Implement tar::Node creation from raw data + file metadata 2023-03-23 12:11:02 -04:00

About

Derived originally from minitar, this crate implements basic functionality for creating and extracting tar archives. It has been adapted to allow creation of a Node (Tar header + 512byte blocks of data) from the raw data plus file metadata. This allows for better efficiency when it is embedded into another application (such as a package manager), as the raw data and metadata about each file can be extracted once and reused for purposes such as generating checksums, getting file sizes and creating packing lists.