From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2006-02-28T10:26:24+09:00
Subject: Re: tar with ruby

On 2/27/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:> On Feb 27, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Tomas Fischer wrote:> > How can I extract this file?> > I found old postings on groups.google which use> > Archive::Tar::Minitar. Is this still the way to handle tar file with> > ruby,> > or are there classes in standard lib?> >> > What is the ruby-way: Install the extra package or call external> > program> > tar (my ruby program is suggested to run only on Linux plattforms)?>> I tend to favor calling external programs when I know they'll be there.
...whereas I tend to prefer a pure Ruby approach. I plan on improvingArchive::Tar::Minitar in the near future anyway and have been givensome partial support for symbolic links.
-austin--Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com               * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca