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diff --git a/libtar/tar.h b/libtar/tar.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ddfef755d --- /dev/null +++ b/libtar/tar.h @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +/* Extended tar format from POSIX.1. + Copyright (C) 1992, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + This file is part of the GNU C Library. + Written by David J. MacKenzie. + + The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public + License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either + version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + + The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public + License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free + Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA + 02111-1307 USA. */ + +#ifndef _TAR_H +#define _TAR_H 1 + +/* A tar archive consists of 512-byte blocks. + Each file in the archive has a header block followed by 0+ data blocks. + Two blocks of NUL bytes indicate the end of the archive. */ + +/* The fields of header blocks: + All strings are stored as ISO 646 (approximately ASCII) strings. + + Fields are numeric unless otherwise noted below; numbers are ISO 646 + representations of octal numbers, with leading zeros as needed. + + linkname is only valid when typeflag==LNKTYPE. It doesn't use prefix; + files that are links to pathnames >100 chars long can not be stored + in a tar archive. + + If typeflag=={LNKTYPE,SYMTYPE,DIRTYPE} then size must be 0. + + devmajor and devminor are only valid for typeflag=={BLKTYPE,CHRTYPE}. + + chksum contains the sum of all 512 bytes in the header block, + treating each byte as an 8-bit unsigned value and treating the + 8 bytes of chksum as blank characters. + + uname and gname are used in preference to uid and gid, if those + names exist locally. + + Field Name Byte Offset Length in Bytes Field Type + name 0 100 NUL-terminated if NUL fits + mode 100 8 + uid 108 8 + gid 116 8 + size 124 12 + mtime 136 12 + chksum 148 8 + typeflag 156 1 see below + linkname 157 100 NUL-terminated if NUL fits + magic 257 6 must be TMAGIC (NUL term.) + version 263 2 must be TVERSION + uname 265 32 NUL-terminated + gname 297 32 NUL-terminated + devmajor 329 8 + devminor 337 8 + prefix 345 155 NUL-terminated if NUL fits + + If the first character of prefix is '\0', the file name is name; + otherwise, it is prefix/name. Files whose pathnames don't fit in that + length can not be stored in a tar archive. */ + +/* The bits in mode: */ +#define TSUID 04000 +#define TSGID 02000 +#define TSVTX 01000 +#define TUREAD 00400 +#define TUWRITE 00200 +#define TUEXEC 00100 +#define TGREAD 00040 +#define TGWRITE 00020 +#define TGEXEC 00010 +#define TOREAD 00004 +#define TOWRITE 00002 +#define TOEXEC 00001 + +/* The values for typeflag: + Values 'A'-'Z' are reserved for custom implementations. + All other values are reserved for future POSIX.1 revisions. */ + +#define REGTYPE '0' /* Regular file (preferred code). */ +#define AREGTYPE '\0' /* Regular file (alternate code). */ +#define LNKTYPE '1' /* Hard link. */ +#define SYMTYPE '2' /* Symbolic link (hard if not supported). */ +#define CHRTYPE '3' /* Character special. */ +#define BLKTYPE '4' /* Block special. */ +#define DIRTYPE '5' /* Directory. */ +#define FIFOTYPE '6' /* Named pipe. */ +#define CONTTYPE '7' /* Contiguous file */ + /* (regular file if not supported). */ + +/* Contents of magic field and its length. */ +#define TMAGIC "ustar" +#define TMAGLEN 6 + +/* Contents of the version field and its length. */ +#define TVERSION "00" +#define TVERSLEN 2 + +#endif /* tar.h */ |