'''[http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/doc/trunk/embedded/www/tcllib/files/modules/tar/tar.html%|%tar]'''
is a [Tcllib] package for handling [tar] data.



** Documentation **

   [http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/doc/trunk/embedded/www/tcllib/files/modules/tar/tar.html%|%official reference]:   


** Example: Extract a File from tar.gz **

To work with a gzipped tar file:

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set chan [open myfile.tar.gz]
zlib push gunzip $chan 
set data [::tar::get $chan some_file_in_tarball]
close $chan
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** Example:  Compress to tar.gz **

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#! /bin/env tclsh

package require tar

set chan [open somefile.tar.gz w]
zlib push gzip $chan
tar::create $chan [list of files] -chan
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