archive.tar

import archive.tar;
import std.stdio;

auto archive = new TarArchive(std.file.read("my.tar");

foreach(file; archive.files)
{
    writeln("Filename: ", file.path);
    writeln("Data: ", file.data);
}

)




Writing Usage:
import archive.tar;

auto archive = new TarArchive();

auto file = new TarArchive.File("languages/awesome.txt");
file.data = "D\n"; // can also set to immutable(ubyte)[]
archive.addFile(file);

std.file.write("lang.tar", cast(ubyte[])archive.serialize());

class TarException: object.Exception;

Thrown when a tar file is not readable or contains errors.

struct TarPermissions;

Helper struct for unix permissions

enum TarTypeFlag: char;

Enum class for types supported by tar files. Directory is given special treatment, all others have any content placed in the data field.

class TarPolicy;

Policy class for reading and writing tar archives.

Features:
+ Handles files and directories of arbitrary size + Files and directories may have permissions + Files and directories may optionally set an owner and group name/id.

Limitations:
+ File paths may not exceed 255 characters - this is due to the format specification.

class DirectoryImpl: archive.core.ArchiveDirectory!(TarPolicy).ArchiveDirectory;

Class for directories

class FileImpl: archive.core.ArchiveMember;

Class for files

void deserialize(Filter)(void[] data, Archive!(TarPolicy, Filter) archive);

Deserialize method which loads data from a tar archive.

void[] serialize(Filter)(Archive!(TarPolicy, Filter) archive);

Serialize method which writes data to a tar archive

alias TarArchive = archive.core.Archive!(TarPolicy, NullArchiveFilter).Archive;

Convenience alias that simplifies the interface for users