Description
A simple tar & compress library that nicely wraps external system calls.
Installation
gem install archive-tar-external
Synopsis
require 'archive/tar/external'
include Archive
t = Tar::External.new('test.tar')
t.create_archive('*.rb')
t.compress_archive('gzip')
t = Tar::External.new('test.tar', '*.rb', 'gzip')
Prerequisites
The 'tar' command line program.
At least one compression program, e.g. gzip, bzip2, zip, etc.
Known Issues
The tar program that comes with Solaris will not raise an error if you
try to expand a file from an archive that does not contain that file.
If you come across any other issues, please report them on the project
page at https://github.com/djberg96/archive-tar-external.
License
Artistic 2.0
Warranty
This package is provided "as is" and without any express or
implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Copyright
(C) 2003 - 2016 Daniel J. Berger
All Rights Reserved
Author
Daniel J. Berger