tar(3tcl) 0.4 tar "Tar file handling"
tar - Tar file creation, extraction & manipulation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
KEYWORDS
package require Tcl 8.4
package require tar ?0.4?
- ::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
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% ::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}
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- ::tar::untar tarball args
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Extracts tarball. -file and -glob limit the extraction
to files which exactly match or pattern match the given argument. No error is
thrown if no files match. Returns a list of filenames extracted and the file
size. The size will be null for non regular files.
- -dir dirName
-
- -file fileName
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- -glob pattern
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- -nooverwrite
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- -nomtime
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- -noperms
-
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% foreach {file size} [::tar::untar tarball.tar -glob *.jpg] {
puts "Extracted $file ($size bytes)"
}
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- ::tar::get tarball fileName
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Returns the contents of fileName from the tarball
- ::tar::create tarball files args
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Creates a new tar file containing the files. files must be specified
as a single argument which is a proper list of filenames.
- -dereference
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- ::tar::add tarball files args
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Appends files to the end of the existing tarball. files must be specified
as a single argument which is a proper list of filenames.
- -dereference
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- ::tar::remove tarball files
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Removes files from the tarball
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems.
Please report such in the category tar of the
Tcllib SF Trackers.
Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either
package and/or documentation.
archive, tape archive, tar