1tar(n)                         Tar file handling                        tar(n)
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NAME

8       tar - Tar file creation, extraction & manipulation
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SYNOPSIS

11       package require Tcl  8.4
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13       package require tar  ?0.2?
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15       ::tar::contents tarball
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17       ::tar::stat tarball ?file?
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19       ::tar::untar tarball args
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21       ::tar::get tarball fileName
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23       ::tar::create tarball files args
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25       ::tar::add tarball files args
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DESCRIPTION

32       ::tar::contents tarball
33              Returns a list of the files contained in tarball.
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36       ::tar::stat tarball ?file?
37              Returns a nested dict containing information on the named ?file?
38              in tarball, or all files. the top level are  pairs  of  filename
39              and info. The info is a dict in the form mode uid gid size mtime
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42              % ::tar::stat tarball.tar
43              foo.jpg {mode 0644 uid 1000 gid 0 size 7580 mtime 811903867 type file linkname {} uname user gname wheel devmajor 0 devminor 0}
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46       ::tar::untar tarball args
47              Extracts tarball
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51              -file fileName
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62       ::tar::get tarball fileName
63              Returns the contents of fileName from the tarball
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66       ::tar::create tarball files args
67              Creates a new tar file containing the files
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72       ::tar::add tarball files args
73              Appends files to the end of the existing tarball
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79              Removes files from the tarball
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KEYWORDS

82       archive, tape archive, tar
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86tar                                   0.2                               tar(n)