tar.ss: Creating tar Files
To load: (require (lib "tar.ss"))
This library provides a facility for creating tar files. It creates tar files in USTAR format that are identical to files that the Unix utility pax generates. Note that the USTAR format imposes limits on path lengths. The resulting archives contain only directories and files (symbolic links are followed), and owner information is not preserved; the owner that is stored in the archive is always `root'.
(tar tar-file path ···) PROCEDURE
Creates tar-file, which holds the complete content of all
paths. The given paths are all expected to be relative
path names of existing directories and files (i.e., relative to the
current directory). If a nested path is provided as a path, its
ancestor directories are also added to the resulting tar file, up to
the current directory (using pathlist-closure;
see section 11.3.3 in PLT MzScheme: Language Manual).
(tar->output paths [output-port]) PROCEDURE
Packages each of the given paths in a tar format archive that is
written directly to the output-port or to the current output
port if output-port is not given. Also, the specified
paths are included as-is; if a directory is specified, its
content is not automatically added, and nested directories are added
without parent directories.
(See also section 53.)