Tarsync - delta compression suite for using/generating binary patches.
tarsync [flags] [options] tarball directory target
-V --version print version
-v --verbose increase verbosity
-u --usage give this help
-h --help give this help
-s --strip-dirs specify the number of directories to strip from the tarball archive during recreation
-o --overide-owner Ensure files has this owner, instead of what the tarball states
-g --overide-group Ensure files have this username, instead of what the tarball states
-e --exclude-fnmatch Specify a glob pattern for excluding files.
-p --preserve Enforce tarball permissions, rather then users (modified by -o and -g).
tarsync
expects two args, a tarball (can be compressed), and
a name for the directory to 'sync' up to the tarballs contents.
Example usage:
tarsync --strip-dir 1 portage-20050511.tar.bz2 /usr/portage
tarsync requires cmake and libcfile library from diffball utility.
To compile project, run:
cmake -B build
cmake --build build
Compiled executable will be placed in build
subdirectory.
tarsync licensed under GPL-2+ license. See LICENSE.txt
for full license text.
Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Brian Harring
Copyright (C) 2021 tarsync contributors
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, US