Tar Utility For Windows __top__ Info

// Write file content if (!info.isDirectory) HANDLE h = CreateFileW(path.c_str(), GENERIC_READ, ...); WriteFileContent(h, info.size);

Simplified approach: Store mode in pax extended header, apply best effort on Windows (ignore group/other bits, map owner read/write to deny/allow ACL entries). Detect sparse files on Windows via FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES : tar utility for windows

:: List contents of a .tar.xz file tar -tf software.tar.xz // Write file content if (

bool IsSparseFile(HANDLE h) DWORD bytes; FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TAG_INFO tag = 0; DeviceIoControl(h, FSCTL_GET_NTFS_FILE_RECORD, ...); return (tag.FileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE) != 0; FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TAG_INFO tag = 0