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libtar-1.2.20

C library for manipulating tar files

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Description

libtar is a library for manipulating tar files from within C programs. Here are some of its features: * Handles both POSIX tar file format and the GNU extensions. * API provides functions for easy use, such as tar_extract_all(). * Also provides functions for more granular use, such as tar_append_regfile().

Package information

Ports path
archivers/libtar
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
archivers, devel
Available flavors
None listed

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