C# Class Tar.Tar

A class to create, list, or extract TAR archives. This is the primary, central class for the Tar library.

Bugs: does not read or write bzip2 compressed tarballs (.tar.bz2) uses Marshal.StructureToPtr and thus requires a LinkDemand, full trust.d

Private Properties

Property	Type	Description
AddSymlink	void
InternalCreateArchive	void
InternalGetExtractOutputStream	Stream
InternalGetInputStream	Stream
InternalGetOutputArchiveStream	Stream
InternalListOrExtract	List
ListOrExtract	List

Method	Description
AddDirectory ( string dirName, string parent = null ) : void	Adds a directory to the tar archive
AddFile ( string fullName, string directory = null ) : void	Adds a file to the tar Archive
CreateArchive ( string outputFile, IEnumerable filesOrDirectories, Options options = null ) : void	Create a tar archive with the given name, and containing the given set of files or directories, and using GZIP compression by default.
Extract ( string archive, string extractDirectory, Options options = null ) : ReadOnlyCollection	Extract the named tar archive to a specified directory
List ( string archive ) : ReadOnlyCollection	Get a list of the TarEntry items contained within the named archive.

Method	Description
AddSymlink ( string name ) : void	Adds a symbolic link to a Tar archive
InternalCreateArchive ( string outputFile, IEnumerable files ) : void
InternalGetExtractOutputStream ( string name, string extractDirectory ) : Stream
InternalGetInputStream ( string archive ) : Stream
InternalGetOutputArchiveStream ( string filename ) : Stream
InternalListOrExtract ( string archive, string extractDirectory, bool wantExtract ) : List
ListOrExtract ( string archive, string extractDirectory, bool wantExtract, Options options ) : List

Adds a directory to the tar archive

public AddDirectory ( string dirName, string parent = null ) : void
dirName	string	The path to the directory
parent	string
return	void

Adds a file to the tar Archive

public AddFile ( string fullName, string directory = null ) : void
fullName	string	The file to add to the archive
directory	string
return	void

Create a tar archive with the given name, and containing the given set of files or directories, and using GZIP compression by default.

public static CreateArchive ( string outputFile, IEnumerable filesOrDirectories, Options options = null ) : void
outputFile	string	The name of the tar archive to create. The file must not exist at the time of the call.
filesOrDirectories	IEnumerable	A list of filenames and/or directory names to be added to the archive.
options	Options	The options to use during Tar operation.
return	void

Extract the named tar archive to a specified directory

public static Extract ( string archive, string extractDirectory, Options options = null ) : ReadOnlyCollection
archive	string	The name of the tar archive to extract.
extractDirectory	string	The directory to extract the archive
options	Options	A set of options for extracting.
return	ReadOnlyCollection

Get a list of the TarEntry items contained within the named archive.

public static List ( string archive ) : ReadOnlyCollection
archive	string	The name of the tar archive.
return	ReadOnlyCollection