Tar, v1.0.10

Lets you tar files and directories.

Other Versions

1.0.10, 1.0.9, 1.0.0

BrowserPlus.Tar.tar({params}, function{}())

*** WARNING: THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN DEPRECATED AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE Archiver SERVICE. **** Create a tar file from a list of file handles. Service returns a "tarFile" filehandle for the resulting tar file.

Test: tar()

Parameters

files: list

A list of filehandles to be added to the tar.

tarFileName: string (Optional)

Filename for resulting tar file. The .tar suffix will be appended if necessary.

followLinks: boolean (Optional)

If true, symbolic links will be followed, otherwise the link itself will be archived. Default is false. For broken symbolic links, the link itself is archived. Links are never archived on Windows.

progressCallback: callback (Optional)

An optional progress callback which is passed an object with the following key: (percent, an integer). The callback is guaranteed to called with percent values of 0 and 100 (unless an error occurs).