USTAR.TarWriter

Class Declaration

 Protected Class TarWriter

Remarks

This class is used to create tape archives.

Create a new instance, and then use the AppendDirectory and/or AppendEntry methods to build the archive. When ready, call the Commit method to generate the archive and write it to a file or memory stream.

Example

  Dim tar As New USTAR.TarWriter
  Call tar.AppendEntry(GetOpenFolderItem("")) '  add a file to the archive root
  tar.AppendDirectory(SelectFolder) '  recursively add contents of directory to archive root
  Dim dir As FolderItem = SelectFolder
  tar.AppendDirectory(dir, dir.Parent) ' recursively add a directory and its contents to archive root
  tar.DeleteEntry("path/to/the/file.txt") ' delete an entry
  tar.Commit(SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.tar"))