Public Static Fields
  CHKSUMLEN | The length of the checksum field in a header buffer. |
| CHKSUMOFS | Offset of checksum in a header buffer. |
| DEVLEN | The length of the devices field in a header buffer. |
| GIDLEN | The length of the group id field in a header buffer. |
| GNAMELEN | The length of the group name field in a header buffer. |
| GNU_TMAGIC | The magic tag representing an old GNU tar archive where version is included in magic and overwrites it |
| LF_ACL | Solaris access control list file type |
| LF_BLK | Block device file type. |
| LF_CHR | Character device file type. |
| LF_CONTIG | Contiguous file type. |
| LF_DIR | Directory file type. |
| LF_EXTATTR | Solaris Extended Attribute File |
| LF_FIFO | FIFO (pipe) file type. |
| LF_GHDR | Posix.1 2001 global extended header |
| LF_GNU_DUMPDIR | GNU dir dump file type This is a dir entry that contains the names of files that were in the dir at the time the dump was made |
| LF_GNU_LONGLINK | Identifies the next file on the tape as having a long link name |
| LF_GNU_LONGNAME | Identifies the next file on the tape as having a long name |
| LF_GNU_MULTIVOL | Continuation of a file that began on another volume |
| LF_GNU_NAMES | For storing filenames that dont fit in the main header (old GNU) |
| LF_GNU_SPARSE | GNU Sparse file |
| LF_GNU_VOLHDR | GNU Tape/volume header ignore on extraction |
| LF_LINK | Link file type. |
| LF_META | Inode (metadata only) no file content |
| LF_NORMAL | Normal file type. |
| LF_OLDNORM | The "old way" of indicating a normal file. |
| LF_SYMLINK | Symbolic link file type. |
| LF_XHDR | Posix.1 2001 extended header |
| MAGICLEN | The length of the magic field in a header buffer. |
| MODELEN | The length of the mode field in a header buffer. |
| MODTIMELEN | The length of the modification time field in a header buffer. |
| NAMELEN | The length of the name field in a header buffer. |
| SIZELEN | The length of the size field in a header buffer. |
| TMAGIC | The magic tag representing a POSIX tar archive. (includes trailing NULL) |
| UIDLEN | The length of the user id field in a header buffer. |
| UNAMELEN | The length of the user name field in a header buffer. |
| VERSIONLEN | The length of the version field in a header buffer. |
Public Static Methods
 GetAsciiBytes | Add a string to a buffer as a collection of ascii bytes. |
| GetLongOctalBytes | Put an octal representation of a value into a buffer |
| GetNameBytes | Overloaded. Add name to the buffer as a collection of bytes |
| GetOctalBytes | Put an octal representation of a value into a buffer |
| ParseName | Parse a name from a header buffer. |
| ParseOctal | Parse an octal string from a header buffer. |
| ResetValueDefaults | Reset value defaults to initial values. |
| SetValueDefaults | Set defaults for values used when constructing a TarHeader instance. |
Public Instance Constructors
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TarHeader Constructor
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Initialise a default TarHeader instance |
Public Instance Properties
 Checksum | Get the entry's checksum. This is only valid/updated after writing or reading an entry. |
| DevMajor | Get/set the entry's major device number. |
| DevMinor | Get/set the entry's minor device number. |
| GroupId | Get/set the entry's group id. |
| GroupName | Get/set the entry's group name. |
| IsChecksumValid | Get value of true if the header checksum is valid, false otherwise. |
| LinkName | The entry's link name. |
| Magic | Get/set the entry's magic tag. |
| Mode | Get/set the entry's Unix style permission mode. |
| ModTime | Get/set the entry's modification time. |
| Name | Get/set the name for this tar entry. |
| Size | Get/set the entry's size. |
| TypeFlag | Get/set the entry's type flag. |
| UserId | The entry's user id. |
| UserName | The entry's user name. |
| Version | The entry's version. |
Public Instance Methods
| Clone | Clone a TAR header. |
| Equals | Determines if this instance is equal to the specified object. |
| GetHashCode | Get a hash code for the current object. |
| GetName | Obsolete. Get the name of this entry. |
| GetType (inherited from Object) | Gets the Type of the current instance. |
| ParseBuffer | Parse TarHeader information from a header buffer. |
| ToString (inherited from Object) | Returns a String that represents the current Object. |
| WriteHeader | 'Write' header information to buffer provided, updating the check sum. |
Protected Instance Methods
 Finalize (inherited from Object) | Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. |
| MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. |