tar_extract_all, tar_extract_glob, tar_append_tree - high-level tar archive manipulation functions
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Description
The tar_extract_all() function extracts all files from the tar archive associated with the TAR handle t
into the path named by the prefix argument.
The tar_extract_glob() function extracts all files matching the given glob pattern from the tar archive
associated with the TAR handle t into the path named by the prefix argument.
The tar_append_tree() function appends all files from the directory tree named by realdir to the tar
archive associated with the TAR handle t. The pathnames stored in the tar archive are modified by
replacing realdir with savedir, so that the files will be extracted into savedir.
Errors
These functions will fail under the same conditions that the tar_skip_regfile(), tar_extract_regfile(),
opendir(), lstat(), or tar_append_file() functions fail.
Name
tar_extract_all, tar_extract_glob, tar_append_tree - high-level tar archive manipulation functions
Return Values
On successful completion, these functions will return 0. On failure, they will return -1 and set errno
to an appropriate value.
See Also
opendir(2), lstat(2), tar_skip_regfile(3), tar_extract_regfile(3), tar_append_file(3) University of Illinois Jan 2001 tar_extract_all(3)
Synopsis
#include<libtar.h>inttar_extract_all(TAR*t,char*prefix);inttar_extract_glob(TAR*t,char*globname,char*prefix);inttar_append_tree(TAR*t,char*realdir,char*savedir);
Version
This man page documents version 1.2 of libtar.
