What is @types/tar?
@types/tar provides TypeScript type definitions for the 'tar' npm package, which is used for creating and extracting tar archives.
What are @types/tar's main functionalities?
Creating a tar archive
This feature allows you to create a tar archive from a list of files and directories. The example code creates a gzip-compressed tar archive named 'archive.tar.gz' containing 'file1', 'file2', and 'directory'.
const tar = require('tar');
tar.c({
gzip: true,
file: 'archive.tar.gz'
}, ['file1', 'file2', 'directory']).then(() => {
console.log('Archive created successfully');
});
Extracting a tar archive
This feature allows you to extract a tar archive to a specified directory. The example code extracts 'archive.tar.gz' into the 'output_directory'.
const tar = require('tar');
tar.x({
file: 'archive.tar.gz',
C: 'output_directory'
}).then(() => {
console.log('Archive extracted successfully');
});
Listing files in a tar archive
This feature allows you to list the files contained in a tar archive. The example code lists the files in 'archive.tar.gz'.
const tar = require('tar');
tar.t({
file: 'archive.tar.gz'
}).then((list) => {
console.log('Files in archive:', list);
});
Other packages similar to @types/tar
node-tar
node-tar is the core package for handling tar archives in Node.js. It provides functionalities for creating, extracting, and listing tar archives. @types/tar provides TypeScript definitions for this package.
tar-stream
tar-stream is a lower-level package for creating and extracting tar streams. It provides more granular control over the tar archive creation and extraction process compared to node-tar.
yauzl
yauzl is a package for handling zip archives, which is a different format from tar. It provides functionalities for reading and extracting zip files, similar to what node-tar does for tar files.