Module jls.util.zip.tar
Provide tar file utility.
Tar files are archives that allow to store multiple files.
Functions
| extractStreamTo (directory[, decompress]) | Returns a jls.io.StreamHandler that will extracts the tar content into the specified directory. |
| extractFileTo (file, directory) | Extracts the specified file into the specified directory. |
Functions
- extractStreamTo (directory[, decompress])
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Returns a jls.io.StreamHandler that will extracts the tar content into the specified directory.
Parameters:
- directory the directory to extract to, as a jls.io.File or a string directory name
- decompress boolean true to indicate that the stream is compressed using gzip (optional)
Returns:
Usage:
local tar = require('jls.util.zip.tar') local FileStreamHandler = require('jls.io.streams.FileStreamHandler') local sh = tar.extractStreamTo('.') FileStreamHandler.readAllSync('test.tar', sh)
- extractFileTo (file, directory)
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Extracts the specified file into the specified directory.
Parameters:
- file the tar file to extract, as a jls.io.File or a string file name
- directory the directory to extract to, as a jls.io.File or a string directory name
Usage:
local tar = require('jls.util.zip.tar') tar.extractFileTo('test.tar', '.')