TarReader reads tar files and allows iteration over their items

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Class Public methods
new(io)

Creates a new TarReader on io and yields it to the block, if given.

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# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb, line 21
def self.new(io)
  reader = super

  return reader unless block_given?

  begin
    yield reader
  ensure
    reader.close
  end

  nil
end
new(io)

Creates a new tar file reader on io which needs to respond to pos, eof?, read, getc and pos=

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# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb, line 39
def initialize(io)
  @io = io
  @init_pos = io.pos
end
Instance Public methods
close()

Close the tar file

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# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb, line 47
def close
end
each()

Iterates over files in the tarball yielding each entry

Also aliased as: each_entry

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# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb, line 53
def each
  loop do
    return if @io.eof?

    header = Gem::Package::TarHeader.from @io
    return if header.empty?

    entry = Gem::Package::TarReader::Entry.new header, @io
    size = entry.header.size

    yield entry

    skip = (512 - (size % 512)) % 512
    pending = size - entry.bytes_read

    begin
      # avoid reading...
      @io.seek pending, IO::SEEK_CUR
      pending = 0
    rescue Errno::EINVAL, NameError
      while pending > 0 do
        bytes_read = @io.read([pending, 4096].min).size
        raise UnexpectedEOF if @io.eof?
        pending -= bytes_read
      end
    end

    @io.read skip # discard trailing zeros

    # make sure nobody can use #read, #getc or #rewind anymore
    entry.close
  end
end
each_entry()
Alias for: each
rewind()

NOTE: Do not call rewind during each

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# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb, line 92
def rewind
  if @init_pos == 0 then
    raise Gem::Package::NonSeekableIO unless @io.respond_to? :rewind
    @io.rewind
  else
    raise Gem::Package::NonSeekableIO unless @io.respond_to? :pos=
    @io.pos = @init_pos
  end
end