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# Reference for unit 'libtar'

tar archive manipulation classes

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`System,`
`UnixType,`
`BaseUnix,`
`Unix,`
`Windows,`
`sysutils,`
`Classes;`

## Overview

The libtar units provides 2 classes to read and write .tar archives: TTarArchive class can be used to read a tar file, and the TTarWriter class can be used to write a tar file. The unit was implemented originally by Stefan Heymann.

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