finishPedantically

According to the specification, tar should finish with two zero blocks, but "reasonable system must not assume that such a block exists when reading an archive". Therefore, the Zig standard library recommends to not call this function.

Function parameters

Parameters

w:*Writer

Options for writing file/dir/link.

Types

Options: Options for writing file/dir/link.
Header: A struct that is exactly 512 bytes and matches tar file format.

Sets prefix for all other write* method paths.

Functions

setRoot: Sets prefix for all other write* method paths.
writeDir
writeFile
writeFileStream: Writes file reading file content from `reader`.
writeFileBytes: Writes file using bytes buffer `content` for size and file content.
writeLink
finishPedantically: According to the specification, tar should finish with two zero blocks, but

Error sets in this namespace

Error Sets

WriteFileError
WriteFileStreamError

Source

Implementation

pub fn finishPedantically(w: *Writer) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
    try w.underlying_writer.splatByteAll(0, block_size * 2);
}