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This program will list out the files in a tar archive :)
## API
## Functions
### minitar_open
`struct minitar* minitar_open(const char* filename)`
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Returns 0 on success, everything else is failure and you should check `errno`.
## Types
### minitar_file_type
`enum minitar_file_type`
This enum lists all supported file types:
`MTAR_REGULAR`: Regular files
`MTAR_BLKDEV`: Block special devices
`MTAR_CHRDEV`: Character special devices
`MTAR_DIRECTORY`: Directories
Other file types supported in tar archives, such as FIFOs or symlinks, are not supported and minitar will throw an error when encountering one of them.
### minitar_entry_metadata
`struct minitar_entry_metadata`
This structure represents an entry's metadata, with the following fields:
`name`: A string representing the full path of the entry within the archive. (`char[]`)
`mode`: An integer representing the permissions of the entry. (`mode_t`)
`uid`: An integer representing the user ID of the entry's owner. (`uid_t`)
`gid`: An integer representing the group ID of the entry's owner. (`gid_t`)
`size`: An integer representing the size of the entry's contents in bytes. (`size_t`)
`mtime`: A UNIX timestamp representing the last time the entry was modified. (`time_t`)
`type`: An enum representing the type of the entry. (`enum minitar_file_type`)
`uname`: A string representing the username of the entry's owner. (`char[]`)
`gname`: A string representing the group name of the entry's owner. (`char[]`)
### minitar_entry
`struct minitar_entry`
An entry in a tar archive. Fields:
`metadata`: The entry's metadata. (`struct minitar_entry_metadata`)
`ptr`: A pointer to the entry's contents, heap-allocated. (`char*`)
More details about this structure are available in the documentation for `minitar_read_entry()`.
## License
`minitar` is free and open-source software under the [BSD-2-Clause](LICENSE) license.