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# minitar # minitar
Tiny and easy-to-use C library to parse tar (specifically, the newer [USTAR](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=formats-tar-format-tar-archives#taf) variant, which is the one pretty much everybody uses) archives. Tiny and easy-to-use C library to read/write tar (specifically, the [ustar](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=formats-tar-format-tar-archives#taf) variant, which is a bit old but simple, and newer tar variants (pax, GNU tar) are mostly backwards-compatible with it) archives.
No third-party dependencies, only a minimally capable standard C library (pretty much only requires a basic subset of the C FILE API, apart from other simple functions). No third-party dependencies, only a minimally capable standard C library (pretty much only requires a basic subset of the C FILE API, apart from other simple functions).
Aims to be bloat-free (currently just above 500 LoC), fast and optimized, and as portable between systems as possible (has its own implementation of some non-standard functions, such as [strlcpy](https://linux.die.net/man/3/strlcpy) or [basename](https://linux.die.net/man/3/basename)). Aims to be bloat-free (currently a bit above 500 LoC), fast and optimized, and as portable between systems as possible (has its own implementation of some non-standard functions, such as [strlcpy](https://linux.die.net/man/3/strlcpy) or [basename](https://linux.die.net/man/3/basename)).
Does not include support for compressed archives. You'll have to pass those through another program or library to decompress them before minitar can handle them. Does not include support for compressed archives. You'll have to pass those through another program or library to decompress them before minitar can handle them.