pkgsrc/devel/libtar/DESCR

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Libtar is a library for manipulating tar files from within C programs.
Key features:
- Handles both POSIX 1003.1-1990 tar file format and the GNU extensions.
- API provides functions for easy use, such as tar_extract_all().
- Also provides functions for more granular use, such as
tar_append_regfile().
- Support compressed tar file by way of zlib.