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      1 /* Extended tar format from POSIX.1.
      2    Copyright (C) 1992, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      3    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
      4    Written by David J. MacKenzie.
      5 
      6    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
      7    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
      8    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
      9    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
     10 
     11    The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     12    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     13    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     14    Lesser General Public License for more details.
     15 
     16    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     17    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
     18    Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
     19    02111-1307 USA.  */
     20 
     21 #ifndef	_TAR_H
     22 #define	_TAR_H	1
     23 
     24 /* A tar archive consists of 512-byte blocks.
     25    Each file in the archive has a header block followed by 0+ data blocks.
     26    Two blocks of NUL bytes indicate the end of the archive.  */
     27 
     28 /* The fields of header blocks:
     29    All strings are stored as ISO 646 (approximately ASCII) strings.
     30 
     31    Fields are numeric unless otherwise noted below; numbers are ISO 646
     32    representations of octal numbers, with leading zeros as needed.
     33 
     34    linkname is only valid when typeflag==LNKTYPE.  It doesn't use prefix;
     35    files that are links to pathnames >100 chars long can not be stored
     36    in a tar archive.
     37 
     38    If typeflag=={LNKTYPE,SYMTYPE,DIRTYPE} then size must be 0.
     39 
     40    devmajor and devminor are only valid for typeflag=={BLKTYPE,CHRTYPE}.
     41 
     42    chksum contains the sum of all 512 bytes in the header block,
     43    treating each byte as an 8-bit unsigned value and treating the
     44    8 bytes of chksum as blank characters.
     45 
     46    uname and gname are used in preference to uid and gid, if those
     47    names exist locally.
     48 
     49    Field Name	Byte Offset	Length in Bytes	Field Type
     50    name		0		100		NUL-terminated if NUL fits
     51    mode		100		8
     52    uid		108		8
     53    gid		116		8
     54    size		124		12
     55    mtime	136		12
     56    chksum	148		8
     57    typeflag	156		1		see below
     58    linkname	157		100		NUL-terminated if NUL fits
     59    magic	257		6		must be TMAGIC (NUL term.)
     60    version	263		2		must be TVERSION
     61    uname	265		32		NUL-terminated
     62    gname	297		32		NUL-terminated
     63    devmajor	329		8
     64    devminor	337		8
     65    prefix	345		155		NUL-terminated if NUL fits
     66 
     67    If the first character of prefix is '\0', the file name is name;
     68    otherwise, it is prefix/name.  Files whose pathnames don't fit in that
     69    length can not be stored in a tar archive.  */
     70 
     71 /* The bits in mode: */
     72 #define TSUID	04000
     73 #define TSGID	02000
     74 #define TSVTX	01000
     75 #define TUREAD	00400
     76 #define TUWRITE	00200
     77 #define TUEXEC	00100
     78 #define TGREAD	00040
     79 #define TGWRITE	00020
     80 #define TGEXEC	00010
     81 #define TOREAD	00004
     82 #define TOWRITE	00002
     83 #define TOEXEC	00001
     84 
     85 /* The values for typeflag:
     86    Values 'A'-'Z' are reserved for custom implementations.
     87    All other values are reserved for future POSIX.1 revisions.  */
     88 
     89 #define REGTYPE		'0'	/* Regular file (preferred code).  */
     90 #define AREGTYPE	'\0'	/* Regular file (alternate code).  */
     91 #define LNKTYPE		'1'	/* Hard link.  */
     92 #define SYMTYPE		'2'	/* Symbolic link (hard if not supported).  */
     93 #define CHRTYPE		'3'	/* Character special.  */
     94 #define BLKTYPE		'4'	/* Block special.  */
     95 #define DIRTYPE		'5'	/* Directory.  */
     96 #define FIFOTYPE	'6'	/* Named pipe.  */
     97 #define CONTTYPE	'7'	/* Contiguous file */
     98  /* (regular file if not supported).  */
     99 
    100 /* Contents of magic field and its length.  */
    101 #define TMAGIC	"ustar"
    102 #define TMAGLEN	6
    103 
    104 /* Contents of the version field and its length.  */
    105 #define TVERSION	"00"
    106 #define TVERSLEN	2
    107 
    108 #endif /* tar.h */
    109