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rtems/cpukit/libmisc/untar
Joel Sherrill 6f77f16f7b 2004-09-17 Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
PR 677/misc
	* libmisc/dumpbuf/dumpbuf.h, libmisc/fsmount/fsmount.h,
	libmisc/rtmonuse/rtmonuse.h, libmisc/serdbg/serdbg.h,
	libmisc/serdbg/serdbgcnf.h, libmisc/serdbg/termios_printk.h,
	libmisc/serdbg/termios_printk_cnf.h, libmisc/untar/untar.h: Add
	extern C wrappers.
2004-09-17 17:00:19 +00:00
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#
#  
#  untar information
#
#  Author: Jake Janovetz 7.6.1999
#
#  $Id$
#

untar.c contains two procedures for extracting files from a UNIX
tar file:

    int Untar_FromMemory(unsigned char *tar_buf, unsigned long size);
    int Untar_FromFile(char *tar_name);

Untar_FromMemory(...) takes its input from a chunk of allocated memory.
This is particularly useful when the tar is stored in Flash memory or
comes from the FTP daemon by way of a hook.

Untar_FromFile(...) is identical except the source is from an existing
file.  The fully qualified filename is passed through char *tar_name.



BUGS: Please email janovetz@uiuc.edu
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