Chilkat Ruby TAR Archive Library

Downloads

Win32: chilkat-9.3.0-x86-mswin32-60.gem.zip • v9.3.0 • 12-Jan-2012

32-bit Linux: chilkat-9.3.1-x86-linux.gem.tar.gz • v9.3.1 • 21-Apr-2012

64-bit Linux: chilkat-9.3.1-x86_64-linux.gem.tar.gz • v9.3.1 • 21-Apr-2012

Install Instructions

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API for creating and extracting TAR archives. Also supports creating and extracting .tar.gz (.tgz), .tar.bz2, and .tar.Z (compressed TAR archives, also known as compressed tarball archives). Can read/write the following TAR formats: (1) GNU tar 1.13.x format, (2) PAX -- POSIX 1003.1-2001 format, (3) USTAR -- POSIX 1003.1-1988 format.

Ruby TAR Library Features

• Create/Extract TAR archives.
• Supports GNU tar 1.13.x format.
• Supports PAX -- POSIX 1003.1-2001 format.
• Supports USTAR -- POSIX 1003.1-1988 format.
• Create/Extract Compressed Archives: .tar.gz (.tgz), .tar.bz2, and .tar.Z
• Extract directly into memory.
• Untar files matching a pattern.
• Get TAR contents directory in XML format.