SYNOPSIS
use Archive::Tar::Streamed;
my $fh;
open $fh,'>','/home/myarch.tar' or die "Couldn't create archive";
binmode $fh;
my $tar = Archive::Tar::Streamed->new($fh);
$tar->add('file1');
$tar->add(@files);
my $fh2l
open $fh2,'<','prevarch.tar' or die "Couldn't open archive";
binmode $fh;
my $tar2 = Archive::Tar::Streamed->new($fh2);
my $fil = $tar2->next;
DESCRIPTION
The Archive::Tar module is a powerfull tool for manipulating archives
from perl. However, most of the time, this module needs the entire
archive to be resident in memory. This renders the module per se, not to
be directly usable for very large archive (of the order of gigabytes).
Archive::Tar::Streamed provides a wrapper, which allows working with tar
archives on disk, with no need for the archive to be memory resident.
This module provides an alternative answer to the FAQ "Isn't
Archive::Tar heavier on memory than /bin/tar?". It also aims to be
portable, and available on platforms without a native tar.
add
This is a method call to add one or more files to an archive. These are
written to disk before the method returns.
next
This method is an iterator, which returns an Archive::Tar::File object
for the next file, or undef. undef indicates the end of the archive; any
unexpected conditions result in throwing an exception.
INSTALLATION
Please follow the usual steps for installing a Perl module:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
substitute any platform specific make, e.g. use nmake on Windows.
Makefile.PL prompts for a tar program. This is only needed in order
to run the full suite of tests.
BUGS
Please use
http://rt.cpan.org to report any bugs in this module
AUTHOR
I. Williams
[email protected]
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
with this module.
SEE ALSO
Archive::Tar
