TTarWriter class

In unit LibTar

Class to write tar archives.

Declaration

pascal

TTarWriter = class

Description

TTarWriter can be used to create .tar archives. It can be created using a filename, in which case the archive will be written to the filename, or it can be created using a stream, in which case the archive will be written to the stream - for instance a compression stream.

Properties

`Permissions`	public	Archive entry permissions.
`UID`	public	Archive entry user ID.
`GID`	public	Archive entry group ID.
`UserName`	public	Archive entry user name.
`GroupName`	public	Archive entry group name.
`Mode`	public	Archive entry mode.
`Magic`	public	Archive entry Magic constant.

Methods

`CreateEmpty`	protected
`WritePaxHeader`	protected
`Create`	public	Create a new archive.
`Destroy`	public	Close archive and clean up TTarWriter.
`AddFile`	public	Add a file to the archive.
`AddStream`	public	Add stream contents to archive.
`AddString`	public	Add string as file data.
`AddDir`	public	Add directory to archive.
`AddSymbolicLink`	public	Add a symbolic link to the archive.
`AddLink`	public	Add hard link to archive.
`AddVolumeHeader`	public	Add volume header entry.
`Finalize`	public	Finalize the archive.

Fields

`FStream`	protected
`FOwnsStream`	protected
`FFinalized`	protected
`FPermissions`	protected
`FUID`	protected
`FGID`	protected
`FUserName`	protected
`FGroupName`	protected
`FMode`	protected
`FMagic`	protected

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.