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tar(n) 0.1 "Tar file handling"

NAME

tar - Tar file creation, extraction & manipulation

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SYNOPSIS

package require Tcl 8.4
package require tar ?0.1?

::tar::contents tarball

::tar::stat tarball ?file?

::tar::untar tarball args

::tar::get tarball fileName

::tar::create tarball files args

::tar::add tarball files args

DESCRIPTION

::tar::contents tarball

Returns a list of the files contained in tarball.

::tar::stat tarball ?file?

Returns a nested dict containing information on the named ?file? in tarball, or all files. the top level are pairs of filename and info. The info is a dict in the form mode uid gid size mtime type linkname uname gname devmajor devminor

% ::tar::stat tarball.tar
foo.jpg {mode 0644 uid 1000 gid 0 size 7580 mtime 811903867 type file linkname {} uname user gname wheel devmajor 0 devminor 0}

::tar::untar tarball args