looking for "tar" file reader library

[Jeff Mallatt]

I'm looking for a Ruby "tar" format file reader.

I have not found much out there. So far, just ruby-tar-0.1.0 at
http://www.aagh.net/files/ruby-tar/ -- which is a program, though I
could library-ize it without much effort. It also seems to have not
been maintained for five years.

I was wondering if anyone knew of something that was already a library?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Austin Ziegler]

I'm looking for a Ruby "tar" format file reader.

I have not found much out there. So far, just ruby-tar-0.1.0 at
http://www.aagh.net/files/ruby-tar/ -- which is a program, though I
could library-ize it without much effort. It also seems to have not
been maintained for five years.

I was wondering if anyone knew of something that was already a library?

Look in the Ruwiki project; you'll find Archive::Tar::Minitar. I hope
to move it to the "archive" project soon.

-austin

 

[_why]

I'm looking for a Ruby "tar" format file reader.

Austin's minitar is a gem:
<http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=84&release_id=895>

_why