org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Class Untar

public class Untar extends Expand

Untar a file.

For JDK 1.1 "last modified time" field is set to current time instead of being carried from the archive file.

PatternSets are used to select files to extract from the archive. If no patternset is used, all files are extracted.

FileSet>s may be used to select archived files to perform unarchival upon.

File permissions will not be restored on extracted files.

The untar task recognizes the long pathname entries used by GNU tar.

Since: Ant 1.1

UNKNOWN: category="packaging"

Nested Class Summary
static classUntar.UntarCompressionMethod
Valid Modes for Compression attribute to Untar Task
Method Summary
protected voidexpandFile(FileUtils fileUtils, File srcF, File dir)
voidsetCompression(Untar.UntarCompressionMethod method)
Set decompression algorithm to use; default=none.
voidsetEncoding(String encoding)
No encoding support in Untar.

Method Detail

expandFile

protected void expandFile(FileUtils fileUtils, File srcF, File dir)

See Also: Expand

setCompression

public void setCompression(Untar.UntarCompressionMethod method)
Set decompression algorithm to use; default=none. Allowable values are

Parameters: method compression method

setEncoding

public void setEncoding(String encoding)
No encoding support in Untar.

Parameters: encoding not used

Throws: BuildException always

Since: Ant 1.6

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