TarArchive.FromZ

FromZ(Stream)

Extracts supplied Z format archive and composes TarArchive from extracted data.

Important: Z archive is fully extracted within this method, its content is kept internally. Beware of memory consumption.

public static TarArchive FromZ(Stream source)

Parameter	Type	Description
source	Stream	The source of the archive.

An instance of TarArchive

Tar archive provides facility to extract arbitrary record, so it has to operate seekable stream under the hood.

Extracts supplied Z format archive and composes TarArchive from extracted data.

Important: Z archive is fully extracted within this method, its content is kept internally. Beware of memory consumption.

public static TarArchive FromZ(string path)

Parameter	Type	Description
path	String	The path to the archive file.

An instance of TarArchive

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	path is null.
ArgumentException	The path is empty, contains only white spaces, or contains invalid characters.
UnauthorizedAccessException	Access to file path is denied.
PathTooLongException	The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters, and file names must be less than 260 characters.
NotSupportedException	File at path is in an invalid format.
DirectoryNotFoundException	The specified path is invalid, such as being on an unmapped drive.
FileNotFoundException	The file is not found.

Tar archive provides facility to extract arbitrary record, so it has to operate seekable stream under the hood.