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tar-utils
tar-utils contains utilities for working with tar files generated by go-ipfs to transport UnixFS data
This package originated at https://github.com/whyrusleeping/tar-utils
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Install
tar-utils works like a regular Go module:
> go get github.com/ipfs/tar-utils
Usage
import "github.com/ipfs/tar-utils"
Check the GoDoc documentation
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License
MIT © Protocol Labs, Inc.
Documentation
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type Extractor ¶
Extractor is used for extracting tar files to a filesystem.
The Extractor can only extract tar files containing files, directories and symlinks. Additionally, the tar files must either have a single file, or symlink in them, or must have all of its objects inside of a single root directory object.
If the tar file contains a single file/symlink then it will try and extract it with semantics similar to Linux's `cp`. In particular, the name of the extracted file/symlink will match the extraction path. If the extraction path is a directory then it will extract into the directory using its original name.
Overwriting: Extraction of files and symlinks will result in overwriting the existing objects with the same name when possible (i.e. other files, symlinks, and empty directories).
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