Re: CVS: blob/src/lib tar.c,NONE,1.1

[Russ D. <Rus...@as...>]

On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 11:24, Stefan Eletzhofer wrote:
> Update of /cvsroot/blob/blob/src/lib
> In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv26183
> 
> Added Files:
> 	tar.c 
> Log Message:
> - first revision of minimal tar archive support.
> - this module will be used to get a blob/ramdisk/kernel
>   update mechanism from e.g. CF cards using raw tar archives.
>   For ex. do a "tar -c --posix -f /def/hda zImage blob initrd.gz cramfs.img"
>   with /dev/hda a mounted CF card, ship the CF card to your customer
>   and off you go.
> - Missing so far:
> 	* only posix tar format
> 	* no zlib support (do we need this?)
> 	* only "t" and "x" are supported, i.e. no creation of tar
> 	  archives so far.
> - This is WIP ....
> 

why not do this with a single cramfs? The current cramfs implementation
is not complete, but it would be a complete one would be a lot shorter
than this tar implementation. Also, if you ale looking for zlib, there
is a deflate implementation in mini_inflate.c.