package tar-unix

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Decode and encode tar format files from Unix

Install

Dune Dependency

Authors

Maintainers

Sources

tar-v1.0.0.tbz
sha256=10d65e3c8967986d249b3177a2315354a144c6873ce2f28ea7147bf28d83c0ff
md5=160d445644541224aa6b8ee0da7df939

Description

tar is a simple library to read and write tar files with an emphasis on streaming. This library provides a Unix or Windows compatible interface.

Tags

org:xapi-project org:mirage

Published: 03 Feb 2019

README

tar -- decode and encode tar files

tar is a simple library to read and write tar files with an emphasis on streaming.

This is pure OCaml code, no C bindings.

Installation

tar can be installed with opam:

opam install tar
opam install tar-unix    # for use in Unix/Lwt
opam install tar-mirage  # for use in MirageoS

If you don't use opam consult the tar.opam file for build instructions.

Example toplevel session

In utop:

utop # #require "tar";;
utop # #require "tar.lwt";;

utop # lwt f = Lwt_unix.openfile "/tmp/foo.tar" [ Unix.O_RDONLY ] 0 ;;
val f : Lwt_unix.file_descr = <abstr> 

utop # Tar_lwt_unix.Archive.list f;;
[{Tar_lwt_unix.Header.file_name = "_build/lib/tar.mli.depends";
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.file_mode = 420; Tar_lwt_unix.Header.user_id = 1000;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.group_id = 1000; Tar_lwt_unix.Header.file_size = 21L;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.mod_time = 1381080315L;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.link_indicator = Tar_lwt_unix.Header.Link.Normal;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.link_name = ""};
 {Tar_lwt_unix.Header.file_name = "_build/lib/tar_unix.mli.depends";
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.file_mode = 420; Tar_lwt_unix.Header.user_id = 1000;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.group_id = 1000; Tar_lwt_unix.Header.file_size = 27L;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.mod_time = 1381080318L;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.link_indicator = Tar_lwt_unix.Header.Link.Normal;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.link_name = ""};
 {Tar_lwt_unix.Header.file_name = "_build/lib/tar.mllib";
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.file_mode = ...; Tar_lwt_unix.Header.user_id = ...;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.group_id = ...; Tar_lwt_unix.Header.file_size = ...;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.mod_time = ...; Tar_lwt_unix.Header.link_indicator = ...;
  Tar_lwt_unix.Header.link_name = ...};
 ...]

Example users

This library is used by

  • xapi to read and write VM images

Documentation

The documentation and API reference is automatically generated by ocamldoc from the interfaces. It can be consulted online.

Dependencies (8)

  1. lwt
  2. result
  3. re
  4. cstruct-lwt
  5. cstruct >= "1.9.0" & < "3.4.0"
  6. tar = version
  7. dune >= "1.0"
  8. ocaml >= "4.03.0"

Dev Dependencies

None

Used by (2)

  1. obuilder < "0.4"
  2. tar-mirage >= "1.0.0" & < "2.0.0"

Conflicts

None

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