TAR-Handler

This text is from my arcives. It may be out of date, but I thought it should be preserved.

This handler allows you to mount Tar-Archives. (Even g'zipped)
This means work with them like (hard)disks. (Actually read-only)
Archive (29K Bytes)


Requirements

68020+, AmigaOS 2.04? (Tested: 3.1)


Installation

Copy the tar-handler to C:


Usage

tar-handler FILE/A,DEV,VOL,DEBUG/N/K

FILE specifies the tARchive to use (Required)

DEV specifies the name of the device (Optional, default: TAR, TAR0, TAR1, ...)

VOL specifies the name of the volume (Optional, default: name of the archive)

DEBUG Only for advanced users (Optional, see below)

To quit the handler, just close all files, free all locks. Then unmount the volume or press CTRL-C.
Do not dismount the volume, use "unmount" (e.g. from the GuruBook).


Known Bugs

It's not tested with bad archives -> please be nice.

Notes

It's not possible to write. Maybe I'll implement it in future versions.

The protection bits are set to RWED for all files/dirs.
The TimeStamp are set to the actual date.
You get information about the group/user in the comment of each file.

Use "AddBuffers" to increase the internal buffer for reading and seeking (defualt: 20k). Each buffer has a size of 1k.

If you have problems with the handler, switch on the debug-information.

To get more informations about the packtes, I do support read the file "packets" in the archive.


Debug

There are some levels of debug information:

Level 0: only warnings on bad tARchives (default)
Level 1: informations on packets, I don't support (except READ/WRITE/SEEK)
Level 2: information on ALL packets (except READ/WRITE/SEEK)
Level 3: information on read accesses to the archive
Level 4: information on ALL read accesses


Disclaimer

The program is CardWare, also: you have to write me a postcard of your town. (If you really don't have enough money for that, send me an EMail)

Use it at your own risk!


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