th_set_device3
Set fields of a tar file header
Part of th_set_from_stat(3).
Usage
void th_set_from_stat(TAR
*t,
struct
stat
*s);
void th_set_type(TAR
*t,
mode_t
mode);
void th_set_path(TAR
*t,
char
*pathname);
void th_set_link(TAR
*t,
char
*linkname);
void th_set_device(TAR
*t,
dev_t
device);
void th_set_user(TAR
*t,
uid_t
uid);
void th_set_group(TAR
*t,
gid_t
gid);
void th_set_mode(TAR
*t,
mode_t
mode);
void th_set_mtime(TAR
*t,
time_t
fmtime);
void th_set_size(TAR
*t,
off_t
fsize);
void th_finish(TAR
*t);
Version
This man page documents version 1.2 of libtar.
Overview
The th_set_*() functions each set an individual field of the current tar header associated with the TAR handle t. The th_set_user() and th_set_group() functions set both the numeric user/group ID fields and the user/group name text fields. The other functions set only the field that they refer to.
The th_set_from_stat() function uses the other th_set_*() functions to set all of the fields at once, based on the data passed to it in the argument s.
The th_finish() function sets the appropriate constants for the magic and version fields. It then calculates the header checksum and fills in the checksum field.