tinytar library

This library provides .tar, .tar.gz (GZip), and .tar.bz2 (BZip2) archive handling, creation, and extraction to the PlayStation 3 using the PSL1GHT SDK.

Features

• Extract contents from .tar, .tar.gz, and .tar.bz2 files
• Create .tar, .tar.gz, and .tar.bz2 archives

Source Version

• libbzip2 1.0.6
• based on untar.c
• based on tarball.cpp

Exports

tar Creation

• tar(): creates a .tar uncompressed archive

int tar(const char* dstFile, const char* srcPath);
int tarEx(const char* dstFile, const char* srcPath, tar_callback_t callback);

• tar_gz(): creates a .tar.gz (GZip) compressed archive

int tar_gz(const char* dstFile, const char* srcPath);
int tarEx_gz(const char* dstFile, const char* srcPath, tar_callback_t callback);

• tar_bz2(): creates a .tar.bz2 (BZip2) compressed archive

int tar_bz2(const char* dstFile, const char* srcPath);
int tarEx_bz2(const char* dstFile, const char* srcPath, tar_callback_t callback);

tar Extraction

• untar(): extracts contents from a .tar uncompressed archive

int untar(const char* srcFile, const char* dstPath);
int untarEx(const char* srcFile, const char* dstPath, tar_callback_t callback);

• untar_gz(): extracts contents from a .tar.gz (GZip) compressed archive

int untar_gz(const char* srcFile, const char* dstPath);
int untarEx_gz(const char* srcFile, const char* dstPath, tar_callback_t callback);

• untar_bz2(): extracts contents from a .tar.bz2 (BZip2) compressed archive

int untar_bz2(const char* srcFile, const char* dstPath);
int untarEx_bz2(const char* srcFile, const char* dstPath, tar_callback_t callback);

Build/Install

Build the library with:

make

Install the library to your PSL1GHT setup with:

make install

Documentation

• BZip2 manual

Sample app

You can find a sample PSL1GHT app using the library here.

License

libuntar is released under the MIT License.