tar

Overview ¶

Package tar implements the `tar` built-in.

Supports the GNU/BSD tar flag subset:

-c, --create        create a new archive
-x, --extract       extract files from an archive
-t, --list          list contents of an archive
-v, --verbose       verbose
-f, --file PATH     archive path ("-" = stdin/stdout)
-z, --gzip          gzip compress/decompress
-j, --bzip2         bzip2 compress/decompress (decompress only)
-J, --xz            xz compress/decompress
    --zstd          zstd compress/decompress
    --no-same-owner ignore owner/group on extract (always implied)
    --strip-components N  strip N leading path components on extract
-C DIR              change to DIR before any operation
--help              show this help and exit

Honors Context.Limits.MaxStringLength on any single member: a tar entry whose declared size exceeds the cap is rejected.

All file I/O routes through Context.FS; stdin via Context.Stdin; stdout via Context.Stdout.