Thread: Make TAR archive

I'm not looking for how to make Zip archives, I'm trying to make Tar archives.

Is that a limitation of the code you're using, or of the underlying fs / OS? Try searching for "tar archive 2GB limit", and you should see that at least you're not experiencing pain on your own.

I don't think you understand. I want to make Tar archives straight from the system data.

Anyway, I decided to just deal with the 2GB file size limit. If anyone wants it, here is my code:

	public static void createTarOfDirectory(String directoryPath, String tarPath) throws IOException {
		FileOutputStream fOut = null;
		BufferedOutputStream bOut = null;
		TarArchiveOutputStream tOut = null;
 
		try {
		fOut = new FileOutputStream(new File(tarPath));
		bOut = new BufferedOutputStream(fOut);
		tOut = new TarArchiveOutputStream(bOut);
 
		addFileToTar(tOut, directoryPath, "");
		} finally {
		tOut.finish();
 
		tOut.close();
		bOut.close();
		fOut.close();
		}
		}
 
		 * Creates a tar entry for the path specified with a name built from the base passed in and the file/directory
		private static void addFileToTar(TarArchiveOutputStream tOut, String path, String base) throws IOException {
		File f = new File(path);
		String entryName = base + f.getName();
		TarArchiveEntry tarEntry = new TarArchiveEntry(f, entryName);
 
		tOut.setLongFileMode(TarArchiveOutputStream.LONGFILE_GNU);
		tOut.putArchiveEntry(tarEntry);
 
		if (f.isFile()) {
		IOUtils.copy(new FileInputStream(f), tOut);
 
		tOut.closeArchiveEntry();
		} else {
		tOut.closeArchiveEntry();
 
		File[] children = f.listFiles();
 
		if (children != null) {
		for (File child : children) {
		addFileToTar(tOut, child.getAbsolutePath(), entryName + "/");
		}
		}
		}
		}

This uses the Apache Commons Compress library.