libtar
libtar is a C library for manipulating tar archives. It supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly-used GNU extensions.
| Tags | Software Development Libraries Archiving |
|---|---|
| Licenses | BSD Original |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 02 Mar 2003 21:22
Changes: This release fixes a bug in tar_extract_regfile() that caused permission problems on certain platforms.
- 23 Dec 2002 21:27
Changes: Various portability and bugfixes were made.
- 24 Jul 2001 12:53
Changes: Many bugs relating to POSIX filename encoding, CRC computation, and file header checking were fixed.
- 26 Jun 2001 18:14
Changes: Various portability fixes, code cleanups, and bugfixes.
- 30 Jan 2001 06:13
Changes: Initial freshmeat announcement; minor API changes to provide a cleaner and more flexible interface to the calling application, and several bugfixes.
