Codec.Archive.Tar

tar-0.6.4.0: Reading, writing and manipulating ".tar" archive files.

Copyright | (c) 2007 Bjorn Bringert 2008 Andrea Vezzosi 2008-2012 Duncan Coutts
License | BSD3
Maintainer | duncan@community.haskell.org
Portability | portable
Safe Haskell | None
Language | Haskell2010

Codec.Archive.Tar

Contents

- High level "all in one" operations
- Notes
  - Compressed tar archives
  - Security
  - Tarbombs
- Converting between internal and external representation
- Packing and unpacking files to/from internal representation
- Types
  - Tar entry type
  - Sequences of tar entries
  - Long file names
- Error handling
  - Errors from reading tar files

Description

Reading, writing and manipulating "`.tar`" archive files.

This module uses common names and so is designed to be imported qualified:

    import qualified Codec.Archive.Tar as Tar

Synopsis

- create :: FilePath -> FilePath -> [FilePath] -> IO ()
- extract :: FilePath -> FilePath -> IO ()
- append :: FilePath -> FilePath -> [FilePath] -> IO ()
- read :: ByteString -> Entries FormatError
- write :: [Entry] -> ByteString
- pack :: FilePath -> [FilePath] -> IO [Entry]
- packAndCheck :: (GenEntry FilePath FilePath -> Maybe SomeException) -> FilePath -> [FilePath] -> IO [Entry]
- unpack :: Exception e => FilePath -> Entries e -> IO ()
- unpackAndCheck :: Exception e => (GenEntry FilePath FilePath -> Maybe SomeException) -> FilePath -> Entries e -> IO ()
- data GenEntry tarPath linkTarget
- type Entry = GenEntry TarPath LinkTarget
- entryPath :: GenEntry TarPath linkTarget -> FilePath
- entryContent :: GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget
- data GenEntryContent linkTarget
  - = NormalFile ByteString !FileSize
  - | Directory
  - | SymbolicLink !linkTarget
  - | HardLink !linkTarget
  - | CharacterDevice !DevMajor !DevMinor
  - | BlockDevice !DevMajor !DevMinor
  - | NamedPipe
  - | OtherEntryType !TypeCode ByteString !FileSize
- type EntryContent = GenEntryContent LinkTarget
- data GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e
  - = Next (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget) (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e)
  - | Done
  - | Fail e
- type Entries e = GenEntries TarPath LinkTarget e
- mapEntries :: (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> Either e' (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget)) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget (Either e e')
- mapEntriesNoFail :: (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> GenEntry tarPath linkTarget) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e
- foldEntries :: (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> a -> a) -> a -> (e -> a) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> a
- foldlEntries :: (a -> GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> a) -> a -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> Either (e, a) a
- unfoldEntries :: (a -> Either e (Maybe (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget, a))) -> a -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e
- encodeLongNames :: GenEntry FilePath FilePath -> [Entry]
- decodeLongNames :: Entries e -> GenEntries FilePath FilePath (Either e DecodeLongNamesError)
- data DecodeLongNamesError
  - = TwoTypeKEntries
  - | TwoTypeLEntries
  - | NoLinkEntryAfterTypeKEntry
- data FormatError
  - = TruncatedArchive
  - | ShortTrailer
  - | BadTrailer
  - | TrailingJunk
  - | ChecksumIncorrect
  - | NotTarFormat
  - | UnrecognisedTarFormat
  - | HeaderBadNumericEncoding

# Documentation

Tar archive files are used to store a collection of other files in a single file. They consists of a sequence of entries. Each entry describes a file or directory (or some other special kind of file). The entry stores a little bit of meta-data, in particular the file or directory name.

Unlike some other archive formats, a tar file contains no index. The information about each entry is stored next to the entry. Because of this, tar files are almost always processed linearly rather than in a random-access fashion.

The functions in this package are designed for working on tar files linearly and lazily. This makes it possible to do many operations in constant space rather than having to load the entire archive into memory.

It can read and write standard POSIX tar files and also the GNU and old Unix V7 tar formats. The convenience functions that are provided in the Codec.Archive.Tar.Entry module for creating archive entries are primarily designed for standard portable archives. If you need to construct GNU format archives or exactly preserve file ownership and permissions then you will need to write some extra helper functions.

This module contains just the simple high level operations without exposing the all the details of tar files. If you need to inspect tar entries in more detail or construct them directly then you also need the module Codec.Archive.Tar.Entry.

# High level "all in one" operations

create #

Arguments

:: FilePath | Path of the ".tar" file to write.
-> FilePath | Base directory
-> [FilePath] | Files and directories to archive, relative to base dir
-> IO () |

Create a new `".tar"` file from a directory of files.

It is equivalent to calling the standard `tar` program like so:

    $ tar -f tarball.tar -C base -c dir

This assumes a directory `./base/dir` with files inside, eg `./base/dir/foo.txt`. The file names inside the resulting tar file will be relative to `dir`, eg `dir/foo.txt`.

This is a high level "all in one" operation. Since you may need variations on this function it is instructive to see how it is written. It is just:

    import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL

    BL.writeFile tar . Tar.write =<< Tar.pack base paths

Notes:

The files and directories must not change during this operation or the result is not well defined.

The intention of this function is to create tarballs that are portable between systems. It is not suitable for doing file system backups because file ownership and permissions are not fully preserved. File ownership is not preserved at all. File permissions are set to simple portable values:

- `rw-r--r--` for normal files
- `rwxr-xr-x` for executable files
- `rwxr-xr-x` for directories

extract #

Arguments

:: FilePath | Destination directory
-> FilePath | Tarball
-> IO () |

Extract all the files contained in a `".tar"` file.

It is equivalent to calling the standard `tar` program like so:

    $ tar -x -f tarball.tar -C dir

So for example if the `tarball.tar` file contains `foo/bar.txt` then this will extract it to `dir/foo/bar.txt`.

This is a high level "all in one" operation. Since you may need variations on this function it is instructive to see how it is written. It is just:

    import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL

    Tar.unpack dir . Tar.read =<< BL.readFile tar

Notes:

Extracting can fail for a number of reasons. The tarball may be incorrectly formatted. There may be IO or permission errors. In such cases an exception will be thrown and extraction will not continue.

Since the extraction may fail part way through it is not atomic. For this reason you may want to extract into an empty directory and, if the extraction fails, recursively delete the directory.

Security: only files inside the target directory will be written. Tarballs containing entries that point outside of the tarball (either absolute paths or relative paths) will be caught and an exception will be thrown.

append #

Arguments

:: FilePath | Path of the ".tar" file to write.
-> FilePath | Base directory
-> [FilePath] | Files and directories to archive, relative to base dir
-> IO () |

Append new entries to a `".tar"` file from a directory of files.

This is much like `create`, except that all the entries are added to the end of an existing tar file. Or if the file does not already exists then it behaves the same as `create`.

# Notes

## Compressed tar archives

Tar files are commonly used in conjunction with compression, as in `.tar.gz` or `.tar.bz2` files. This module does not directly handle compressed tar files however they can be handled easily by composing functions from this module and the modules `Codec.Compression.GZip` or `Codec.Compression.BZip`.

Creating a compressed `.tar.gz` file is just a minor variation on the `create` function, but where throw compression into the pipeline:

    import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
    import qualified Codec.Compression.GZip as GZip

    BL.writeFile tar . GZip.compress . Tar.write =<< Tar.pack base dir

Similarly, extracting a compressed `.tar.gz` is just a minor variation on the `extract` function where we use decompression in the pipeline:

    import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
    import qualified Codec.Compression.GZip as GZip

    Tar.unpack dir . Tar.read . GZip.decompress =<< BL.readFile tar

## Security

This is pretty important. A maliciously constructed tar archives could contain entries that specify bad file names. It could specify absolute file names like `/etc/passwd` or relative files outside of the archive like `../../../something`. This security problem is commonly called a "directory traversal vulnerability". Historically, such vulnerabilities have been common in packages handling tar archives.

The `extract` and `unpack` functions check for bad file names. See the `checkSecurity` function for more details. If you need to do any custom unpacking then you should use this.

## Tarbombs

A "tarbomb" is a `.tar` file where not all entries are in a subdirectory but instead files extract into the top level directory. The `extract` function does not check for these however if you want to do that you can use the `checkTarbomb` function like so:

    import Control.Exception (SomeException(..))
    import Control.Applicative ((<|>))
    import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL

    Tar.unpackAndCheck (\x -> SomeException <$> checkEntryTarbomb expectedDir x
                          <|> SomeException <$> checkEntrySecurity x) dir .
    Tar.read =<< BL.readFile tar

In this case extraction will fail if any file is outside of `expectedDir`.

# Converting between internal and external representation

Note, you cannot expect `write . read` to give exactly the same output as input. You can expect the information to be preserved exactly however. This is because `read` accepts common format variations while `write` produces the standard format.

read :: ByteString -> Entries FormatError #

Convert a data stream in the tar file format into an internal data structure. Decoding errors are reported by the `Fail` constructor of the `Entries` type.

- The conversion is done lazily.

write :: [Entry] -> ByteString #

Create the external representation of a tar archive by serialising a list of tar entries.

- The conversion is done lazily.

# Packing and unpacking files to/from internal representation

These functions are for packing and unpacking portable archives. They are not suitable in cases where it is important to preserve file ownership and permissions or to archive special files like named pipes and Unix device files.

pack #

Arguments

:: FilePath | Base directory
-> [FilePath] | Files and directories to pack, relative to the base dir
-> IO [Entry] |

Creates a tar archive from a list of directory or files. Any directories specified will have their contents included recursively. Paths in the archive will be relative to the given base directory.

This is a portable implementation of packing suitable for portable archives. In particular it only constructs `NormalFile`, `Directory` and `SymbolicLink` entries. Hard links are treated like ordinary files. Special files like FIFOs (named pipes), sockets or device files will cause problems.

- This function returns results lazily. Subdirectories are scanned and files are read one by one as the list of entries is consumed. Do not change their contents before the output of `pack` was consumed in full.

packAndCheck #

Arguments

:: (GenEntry FilePath FilePath -> Maybe SomeException) |
-> FilePath | Base directory
-> [FilePath] | Files and directories to pack, relative to the base dir
-> IO [Entry] |

Like `pack`, but allows to specify additional sanity/security checks on the input filenames. This is useful if you know which check will be used on client side in `unpack` / `unpackAndCheck`.

Since: 0.6.0.0

unpack #

Arguments

:: Exception e |
=> FilePath | Base directory
-> Entries e | Entries to upack
-> IO () |

Create local files and directories based on the entries of a tar archive.

This is a portable implementation of unpacking suitable for portable archives. It handles `NormalFile` and `Directory` entries and has simulated support for `SymbolicLink` and `HardLink` entries. Links are implemented by copying the target file. This therefore works on Windows as well as Unix. All other entry types are ignored, that is they are not unpacked and no exception is raised.

If the `Entries` ends in an error then it is raised an an exception. Any files or directories that have been unpacked before the error was encountered will not be deleted. For this reason you may want to unpack into an empty directory so that you can easily clean up if unpacking fails part-way.

On its own, this function only checks for security (using `checkEntrySecurity`). Use `unpackAndCheck` if you need more checks.

unpackAndCheck #

Arguments

:: Exception e |
=> (GenEntry FilePath FilePath -> Maybe SomeException) | Checks to run on each entry before unpacking
-> FilePath | Base directory
-> Entries e | Entries to upack
-> IO () |

Like `unpack`, but run custom sanity/security checks instead of `checkEntrySecurity`. For example,

    import Control.Exception (SomeException(..))
    import Control.Applicative ((<|>))

    unpackAndCheck (\x -> SomeException <$> checkEntryPortability x
                      <|> SomeException <$> checkEntrySecurity x) dir entries

Since: 0.6.0.0

# Types

## Tar entry type

This module provides only very simple and limited read-only access to the `GenEntry` type. If you need access to the details or if you need to construct your own entries then also import Codec.Archive.Tar.Entry.

data GenEntry tarPath linkTarget #

Polymorphic tar archive entry. High-level interfaces commonly work with `GenEntry` `FilePath` `FilePath`, while low-level ones use `GenEntry` `TarPath` `LinkTarget`.

Since: 0.6.0.0

#### Instances

Instances details

Bifunctor GenEntry # | Since: 0.6.4.0
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods bimap :: (a -> b) -> (c -> d) -> GenEntry a c -> GenEntry b d # first :: (a -> b) -> GenEntry a c -> GenEntry b c # second :: (b -> c) -> GenEntry a b -> GenEntry a c #
Functor (GenEntry tarPath) # | Since: 0.6.4.0
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods fmap :: (a -> b) -> GenEntry tarPath a -> GenEntry tarPath b # (<$) :: a -> GenEntry tarPath b -> GenEntry tarPath a #
(NFData tarPath, NFData linkTarget) => NFData (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods rnf :: GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> () #
(Show tarPath, Show linkTarget) => Show (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods showsPrec :: Int -> GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> ShowS # show :: GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> String # showList :: [GenEntry tarPath linkTarget] -> ShowS #
(Eq tarPath, Eq linkTarget) => Eq (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods (==) :: GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> Bool # (/=) :: GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> Bool #

type Entry = GenEntry TarPath LinkTarget #

Monomorphic tar archive entry, ready for serialization / deserialization.

entryPath :: GenEntry TarPath linkTarget -> FilePath #

Low-level function to get a native `FilePath` of the file or directory within the archive, not accounting for long names. It's likely that you want to apply `decodeLongNames` and use `entryTarPath` afterwards instead of `entryPath`.

entryContent :: GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget #

The real content of the entry. For `NormalFile` this includes the file data. An entry usually contains a `NormalFile` or a `Directory`.

data GenEntryContent linkTarget #

Polymorphic content of a tar archive entry. High-level interfaces commonly work with `GenEntryContent` `FilePath`, while low-level ones use `GenEntryContent` `LinkTarget`.

Portable archives should contain only `NormalFile` and `Directory`.

Since: 0.6.0.0

Constructors

NormalFile ByteString !FileSize |
Directory |
SymbolicLink !linkTarget |
HardLink !linkTarget |
CharacterDevice !DevMajor !DevMinor |
BlockDevice !DevMajor !DevMinor |
NamedPipe |
OtherEntryType !TypeCode ByteString !FileSize |

#### Instances

Instances details

Functor GenEntryContent # | Since: 0.6.4.0
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods fmap :: (a -> b) -> GenEntryContent a -> GenEntryContent b # (<$) :: a -> GenEntryContent b -> GenEntryContent a #
NFData linkTarget => NFData (GenEntryContent linkTarget) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods rnf :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> () #
Show linkTarget => Show (GenEntryContent linkTarget) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods showsPrec :: Int -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> ShowS # show :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> String # showList :: [GenEntryContent linkTarget] -> ShowS #
Eq linkTarget => Eq (GenEntryContent linkTarget) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods (==) :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> Bool # (/=) :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> Bool #
Ord linkTarget => Ord (GenEntryContent linkTarget) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods compare :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> Ordering # (<) :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> Bool # (<=) :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> Bool # (>) :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> Bool # (>=) :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> Bool # max :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget # min :: GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget -> GenEntryContent linkTarget #

type EntryContent = GenEntryContent LinkTarget #

Monomorphic content of a tar archive entry, ready for serialization / deserialization.

## Sequences of tar entries

data GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e #

Polymorphic sequence of archive entries. High-level interfaces commonly work with `GenEntries` `FilePath` `FilePath`, while low-level ones use `GenEntries` `TarPath` `LinkTarget`.

The point of this type as opposed to just using a list is that it makes the failure case explicit. We need this because the sequence of entries we get from reading a tarball can include errors.

Converting from a list can be done with just `foldr Next Done`. Converting back into a list can be done with `foldEntries` however in that case you must be prepared to handle the `Fail` case inherent in the `Entries` type.

The `Monoid` instance lets you concatenate archives or append entries to an archive.

Since: 0.6.0.0

Constructors

Next (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget) (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e) infixr 5 |
Done |
Fail e |

#### Instances

Instances details

Functor (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods fmap :: (a -> b) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget b # (<$) :: a -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget b -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a #
Foldable (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget) # | Since: 0.6.0.0
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods fold :: Monoid m => GenEntries tarPath linkTarget m -> m # foldMap :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> m # foldMap' :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> m # foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> b # foldr' :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> b # foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> b # foldl' :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> b # foldr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> a # foldl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> a # toList :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> [a] # null :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> Bool # length :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> Int # elem :: Eq a => a -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> Bool # maximum :: Ord a => GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> a # minimum :: Ord a => GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> a # sum :: Num a => GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> a # product :: Num a => GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> a #
Traversable (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget) # | Since: 0.6.0.0
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods traverse :: Applicative f => (a -> f b) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> f (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget b) # sequenceA :: Applicative f => GenEntries tarPath linkTarget (f a) -> f (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a) # mapM :: Monad m => (a -> m b) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a -> m (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget b) # sequence :: Monad m => GenEntries tarPath linkTarget (m a) -> m (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget a) #
(NFData tarPath, NFData linkTarget, NFData e) => NFData (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods rnf :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> () #
Monoid (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods mempty :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e # mappend :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e # mconcat :: [GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e] -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e #
Semigroup (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e) # | Since: 0.5.1.0
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods (<>) :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e # sconcat :: NonEmpty (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e # stimes :: Integral b => b -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e #
(Show tarPath, Show linkTarget, Show e) => Show (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods showsPrec :: Int -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> ShowS # show :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> String # showList :: [GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e] -> ShowS #
(Eq tarPath, Eq linkTarget, Eq e) => Eq (GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e) # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Types Methods (==) :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> Bool # (/=) :: GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> Bool #

type Entries e = GenEntries TarPath LinkTarget e #

Monomorphic sequence of archive entries, ready for serialization / deserialization.

mapEntries #

Arguments

:: (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> Either e' (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget)) | Function to apply to each entry
-> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e | Input sequence
-> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget (Either e e') |

This is like the standard `map` function on lists, but for `Entries`. It includes failure as a extra possible outcome of the mapping function.

If your mapping function cannot fail it may be more convenient to use `mapEntriesNoFail`

mapEntriesNoFail :: (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> GenEntry tarPath linkTarget) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e #

Like `mapEntries` but the mapping function itself cannot fail.

foldEntries :: (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> a -> a) -> a -> (e -> a) -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> a #

This is like the standard `foldr` function on lists, but for `Entries`. Compared to `foldr` it takes an extra function to account for the possibility of failure.

This is used to consume a sequence of entries. For example it could be used to scan a tarball for problems or to collect an index of the contents.

foldlEntries :: (a -> GenEntry tarPath linkTarget -> a) -> a -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e -> Either (e, a) a #

A `foldl`-like function on Entries. It either returns the final accumulator result, or the failure along with the intermediate accumulator value.

unfoldEntries :: (a -> Either e (Maybe (GenEntry tarPath linkTarget, a))) -> a -> GenEntries tarPath linkTarget e #

This is like the standard `unfoldr` function on lists, but for `Entries`. It includes failure as an extra possibility that the stepper function may return.

It can be used to generate `Entries` from some other type. For example it is used internally to lazily unfold entries from a `ByteString`.

## Long file names

encodeLongNames :: GenEntry FilePath FilePath -> [Entry] #

Translate high-level entries with POSIX `FilePath`s for files and symlinks into entries suitable for serialization by emitting additional `OtherEntryType` `'K'` and `OtherEntryType` `'L'` nodes.

Input `FilePath`s must be POSIX file names, not native ones.

Since: 0.6.0.0

decodeLongNames :: Entries e -> GenEntries FilePath FilePath (Either e DecodeLongNamesError) #

Translate low-level entries (usually freshly deserialized) into high-level entries with POSIX `FilePath`s for files and symlinks by parsing and eliminating `OtherEntryType` `'K'` and `OtherEntryType` `'L'` nodes.

Resolved `FilePath`s are still POSIX file names, not native ones.

Since: 0.6.0.0

data DecodeLongNamesError #

Errors raised by `decodeLongNames`.

Since: 0.6.0.0

Constructors

TwoTypeKEntries | Two adjacent `OtherEntryType` `'K'` nodes.
TwoTypeLEntries | Two adjacent `OtherEntryType` `'L'` nodes.
NoLinkEntryAfterTypeKEntry | `OtherEntryType` `'K'` node is not followed by a `SymbolicLink` / `HardLink`.

#### Instances

Instances details

Exception DecodeLongNamesError # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.LongNames Methods toException :: DecodeLongNamesError -> SomeException # fromException :: SomeException -> Maybe DecodeLongNamesError # displayException :: DecodeLongNamesError -> String # backtraceDesired :: DecodeLongNamesError -> Bool #
Show DecodeLongNamesError # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.LongNames Methods showsPrec :: Int -> DecodeLongNamesError -> ShowS # show :: DecodeLongNamesError -> String # showList :: [DecodeLongNamesError] -> ShowS #
Eq DecodeLongNamesError # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.LongNames Methods (==) :: DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError -> Bool # (/=) :: DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError -> Bool #
Ord DecodeLongNamesError # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.LongNames Methods compare :: DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError -> Ordering # (<) :: DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError -> Bool # (<=) :: DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError -> Bool # (>) :: DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError -> Bool # (>=) :: DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError -> Bool # max :: DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError # min :: DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError -> DecodeLongNamesError #

# Error handling

Reading tar files can fail if the data does not match the tar file format correctly.

The style of error handling by returning structured errors. The pure functions in the library do not throw exceptions, they return the errors as data. The IO actions in the library can throw exceptions, in particular the `unpack` action does this. All the error types used are an instance of the standard `Exception` class so it is possible to `throw` and `catch` them.

## Errors from reading tar files

data FormatError #

Errors that can be encountered when parsing a Tar archive.

Constructors

TruncatedArchive |
ShortTrailer |
BadTrailer |
TrailingJunk |
ChecksumIncorrect |
NotTarFormat |
UnrecognisedTarFormat |
HeaderBadNumericEncoding |

#### Instances

Instances details

NFData FormatError # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Read Methods rnf :: FormatError -> () #
Exception FormatError # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Read Methods toException :: FormatError -> SomeException # fromException :: SomeException -> Maybe FormatError # displayException :: FormatError -> String # backtraceDesired :: FormatError -> Bool #
Show FormatError # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Read Methods showsPrec :: Int -> FormatError -> ShowS # show :: FormatError -> String # showList :: [FormatError] -> ShowS #
Eq FormatError # |
Instance details Defined in Codec.Archive.Tar.Read Methods (==) :: FormatError -> FormatError -> Bool # (/=) :: FormatError -> FormatError -> Bool #