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diff --git a/archivers/p5-Archive-Tar-Wrapper/pkg-descr b/archivers/p5-Archive-Tar-Wrapper/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3bceca2fe945 --- /dev/null +++ b/archivers/p5-Archive-Tar-Wrapper/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Archive::Tar::Wrapper is an API wrapper around the 'tar' command line utility. +It never stores anything in memory, but works on temporary directory structures +on disk instead. It provides a mapping between the logical paths in the tarball +and the 'real' files in the temporary directory on disk. + +It differs from Archive::Tar in two ways: +- Archive::Tar::Wrapper doesn't hold anything in memory. Everything is stored on + disk. +- Archive::Tar::Wrapper is 100% compliant with the platform's tar utility, + because it uses it internally. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Archive-Tar-Wrapper/ |