Man Pages in libtar-dev

Section 3: Library calls

libtar_hash_new.3

Hash table routines

libtar_list_new.3

Linked list routines

tar_append_file.3

Append data to tar archives

tar_block_read.3

Macros to call read and write functions for the correct tar archive type

tar_extract_all.3

High-level tar archive manipulation functions

tar_extract_file.3

Extract files from a tar archive

tar_open.3

Access a tar archive via a handle

th_get_pathname.3

Extract individual fields of a tar header th_isreg, th_islnk, th_issym, th_ischr, th_isblk, th_isdir, th_isfifo - determine what kind of file a tar header refers to th_islongname, th_islonglink - determine whether the gnu extensions are in use

th_print_long_ls.3

Print out information about a tar file header

th_read.3

Read and write a file header block from a tar archive

th_set_from_stat.3

Set fields of a tar file header