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tar_extract_all(3)						  C Library Calls						tar_extract_all(3)

NAME
       tar_extract_all, tar_extract_glob, tar_append_tree - high-level tar archive manipulation functions

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libtar.h>

       int tar_extract_all(TAR *t, char *prefix);

       int tar_extract_glob(TAR *t, char *globname, char *prefix);

       int tar_append_tree(TAR *t, char *realdir, char *savedir);

VERSION
       This man page documents version 1.2 of libtar.

DESCRIPTION
       The  tar_extract_all()  function extracts all files from the tar archive associated with the TAR handle t into the path named by the prefix
       argument.

       The tar_extract_glob() function extracts all files matching the given glob pattern from the tar archive associated with the  TAR  handle  t
       into the path named by the prefix argument.

       The tar_append_tree() function appends all files from the directory tree named by realdir to the tar archive associated with the TAR handle
       t.  The pathnames stored in the tar archive are modified by replacing realdir with savedir, so  that  the  files  will  be  extracted  into
       savedir.

RETURN VALUES
       On successful completion, these functions will return 0.  On failure, they will return -1 and set errno to an appropriate value.

ERRORS
       These  functions  will  fail  under  the  same  conditions  that  the  tar_skip_regfile(),  tar_extract_regfile(),  opendir(),  lstat(), or
       tar_append_file() functions fail.

SEE ALSO
       opendir(2), lstat(2), tar_skip_regfile(3), tar_extract_regfile(3), tar_append_file(3)

University of Illinois						     Jan 2001							tar_extract_all(3)