Save

TarArchive.Save method (1 of 2)

Saves archive to the stream provided.

public void Save(Stream output, TarFormat? format = default)
ParameterTypeDescription
outputStreamDestination stream.
formatNullable`1Defines tar header format. Null value will be treated as USTar when possible.

Exceptions

exceptioncondition
ArgumentExceptionoutput is not writable. - or - output is the same stream we extract from. - OR - It is impossible to save archive in format due to format restrictions.

Remarks

output must be writable.

Examples

using (FileStream tarFile = File.Open("archive.tar", FileMode.Create))
{
    using (var archive = new TarArchive())
    {
        archive.CreateEntry("entry1", "data.bin");        
        archive.Save(tarFile);
    }
}       

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TarArchive.Save method (2 of 2)

Saves archive to destination file provided.

public void Save(string destinationFileName, TarFormat? format = default)
ParameterTypeDescription
destinationFileNameStringThe path of the archive to be created. If the specified file name points to an existing file, it will be overwritten.
formatNullable`1Defines tar header format. Null value will be treated as USTar when possible.

Exceptions

exceptioncondition
ArgumentExceptiondestinationFileName is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more invalid characters as defined by System.IO.Path.InvalidPathChars.
ArgumentNullExceptiondestinationFileName is null.
PathTooLongExceptionThe specified destinationFileName, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters, and file names must be less than 260 characters.
DirectoryNotFoundExceptionThe specified destinationFileName is invalid, (for example, it is on an unmapped drive).
IOExceptionAn I/O error occurred while opening the file.
UnauthorizedAccessExceptiondestinationFileName specified a file that is read-only and access is not Read.-or- path specified a directory.-or- The caller does not have the required permission.
NotSupportedExceptiondestinationFileName is in an invalid format.

Remarks

It is possible to save an archive to the same path as it was loaded from. However, this is not recommended because this approach uses copying to temporary file.

Examples

using (var archive = new TarArchive())
{
    archive.CreateEntry("entry1", "data.bin");        
    archive.Save("myarchive.tar");
}       

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