TarHeader

Summary

The parsed header of a tar entry.

Signature

interface TarHeader {
  devmajor: number | null
  devminor: number | null
  gid: number | null
  gname: string
  linkname: string | null
  mode: number | null
  mtime: number | null
  name: string
  pax: Record<string, string> | null
  size: number
  type: string
  uid: number | null
  uname: string
}

Properties

`devmajor`

Major device number for device entries, or null when unavailable.

`devminor`

Minor device number for device entries, or null when unavailable.

`gid`

Numeric group ID parsed from the header, or null when unavailable.

`gname`

Group name parsed from the header.

`linkname`

Linked path target for link entries, or null when not present.

`mode`

File mode parsed from the header, or null when unavailable.

`mtime`

Last modification time parsed from the header, or null when unavailable.

`name`

Entry path stored in the archive.

`pax`

Decoded PAX metadata attached to the entry, or null when none is present.

`size`

Entry size in bytes.

`type`

Normalized entry type such as file or directory.

`uid`

Numeric user ID parsed from the header, or null when unavailable.

`uname`

User name parsed from the header.