Tcllib tar

tar is a Tcllib package for handling tar data.

Documentation

official reference

Example: Extract a File from tar.gz

To work with a gzipped tar file:

#! /bin/env tclsh
package require tar
set chan [open myfile.tar.gz]
zlib push gunzip $chan 
set data [::tar::get $chan some_file_in_tarball -chan]
close $chan

Example: Compress to tar.gz

#! /bin/env tclsh
package require tar
set chan [open myfile.tar.gz w]
zlib push gzip $chan
tar::create $chan list_of_files -chan
close $chan

mrcalvin - 2018-05-29 23:38:45

The channels should be opened in binary mode, either by passing wb and rb, respectively, or setting fconfigure -translation binary explicitly. Otherwise, the above examples will fail in unexpected ways.