Tar Class Reference

Parser for the basic Tape ARchive Format (TAR). More...

#include <utils/tar.h>

Classes
struct	File
	File Entry. More...

Public Types
enum	Type : char {   TYPE_REG_OLD = '\0',   TYPE_REG = '0',   TYPE_HARD_LINK = '1',   TYPE_SYM_LINK = '2',   TYPE_CHR = '3',   TYPE_BLK = '4',   TYPE_DIR = '5',   TYPE_FIFO = '6',   TYPE_CONTIG = '7' }

Public Member Functions
	assert_size (File, BLOCK_SIZE)
	Tar (void *data)
	Constructor. More...
File *	get (unsigned entry)
	Get the entry for the n-th file. More...
unsigned	count ()
	Number of entries in the archive. More...

Detailed Description

Parser for the basic Tape ARchive Format (TAR).

See also

Basic Tar Format

Short summary of the TAR format

Member Enumeration Documentation

Type

enum Tar::Type : char

Enumerator
TYPE_REG_OLD	Regular file, unix compatible.
TYPE_REG	Regular file.
TYPE_HARD_LINK	link to a previous file
TYPE_SYM_LINK	symbolic link
TYPE_CHR	Character special file.
TYPE_BLK	Block special file.
TYPE_DIR	Directory.
TYPE_FIFO	FIFO special file (no content)
TYPE_CONTIG	contiguous file (file has to be allocated contiguously on the disk)

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Tar()

Tar::Tar ( void *  data )

inlineexplicit

Constructor.

Parameters

data	Buffer with the (full) contents of the TAR file

Member Function Documentation

get()

Tar::File * Tar::get

(

unsigned

entry

)

Get the entry for the n-th file.

Parameters

entry

Index of the file entry

Returns

Pointer to next file entry or 'nullptr' if it doesn't exist

count()

unsigned Tar::count

(

)

Number of entries in the archive.

Returns

Number of file entries

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• utils/tar.h
• utils/tar.cc