Read and write tar files with Ruby.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "tar"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install tar

Tar files can be read from IO streams, for example Files or Zlib::GzipReaders, using a Tar::Reader. For example, to print the contents of the archive to stdout:

require "tar/reader"

File.open "example.tar" do |archive|
  Tar::Reader.new(archive).each do |file|
    puts "==> #{file.header.path} (#{file.header.size} bytes)"
    puts file.read
  end
end

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/rake to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bin/rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bin/rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/haines/tar. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.