CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8..3.22)
 
-project(minitar LANGUAGES C VERSION 1.2.0)
+project(minitar LANGUAGES C VERSION 1.1.0)
 
 set(SOURCES
     src/tar.c

README.md

@@ -119,9 +119,13 @@ 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 block/character devices, FIFOs, or symlinks, are not supported and minitar will throw an error when encountering one of them.
+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`

minitar.h

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ struct minitar;
 enum minitar_file_type
 {
     MTAR_REGULAR,
+    MTAR_CHRDEV,
+    MTAR_BLKDEV,
     MTAR_DIRECTORY
 };
 
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ extern "C"
     struct minitar_entry* minitar_find_by_name(struct minitar* mp, const char* name);
     struct minitar_entry* minitar_find_by_path(struct minitar* mp, const char* path);
     struct minitar_entry* minitar_find_any_of(struct minitar* mp, enum minitar_file_type type);
-    size_t minitar_read_contents(struct minitar* mp, struct minitar_entry* entry, char* buf, size_t max);
     int minitar_close(struct minitar* mp);
+    size_t minitar_read_contents(struct minitar* mp, struct minitar_entry* entry, char* buf, size_t max);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }

src/util.c

@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ void minitar_parse_metadata_from_tar_header(const struct tar_header* hdr, struct
     case '0': metadata->type = MTAR_REGULAR; break;
     case '1': minitar_panic("Links to other files within a tar archive are unsupported");
     case '2': minitar_panic("Symbolic links are unsupported");
-    case '3': minitar_panic("Character devices are unsupported");
-    case '4': minitar_panic("Block devices are unsupported");
+    case '3': metadata->type = MTAR_CHRDEV; break;
+    case '4': metadata->type = MTAR_BLKDEV; break;
     case '5': metadata->type = MTAR_DIRECTORY; break;
     case '6': minitar_panic("FIFOs are unsupported");
     default: minitar_panic("Unknown entry type in tar header");