TTarWriter¶

Class to write tar archives.

Declaration¶

Source position: libtar.pp line 201

type

  TTarWriter = class
  public
    constructor Create(TargetStream: TStream); overload;
    constructor Create(const TargetFilename: AnsiString; 
                  Mode: Integer=fmCreate); overload;
    destructor Destroy;
    procedure AddFile;
    procedure AddStream;
    procedure AddString;
    procedure AddDir;
    procedure AddSymbolicLink;
    procedure AddLink;
    procedure AddVolumeHeader;
    procedure Finalize;
    property Permissions: TTarPermissions; {rw}
    property UID: Integer; {rw}
    property GID: Integer; {rw}
    property UserName: AnsiString; {rw}
    property GroupName: AnsiString; {rw}
    property Mode: TTarModes; {rw}
    property Magic: AnsiString; {rw}
  end;

Inheritance¶

Description¶

TTarWriter can be used to create .tar archives. It can be created using a filename, in which case the archive will be written to the filename, or it can be created using a stream, in which case the archive will be written to the stream - for instance a compression stream.

Properties¶

Member	Visibility	Description
GID	public	Archive entry group ID.
GroupName	public	Archive entry group name.
Magic	public	Archive entry Magic constant.
Mode	public	Archive entry mode.
Permissions	public	Archive entry permissions.
UID	public	Archive entry user ID.
UserName	public	Archive entry user name.

Methods¶

Member	Visibility	Description
AddDir	public	Add directory to archive.
AddFile	public	Add a file to the archive.
AddLink	public	Add hard link to archive.
AddStream	public	Add stream contents to archive.
AddString	public	Add string as file data.
AddSymbolicLink	public	Add a symbolic link to the archive.
AddVolumeHeader	public	Add volume header entry.
Create	public	Create a new archive.
Destroy	public	Close archive and clean up TTarWriter.
Finalize	public	Finalize the archive.