TarEntry.Extract

Extract(string)

Extracts the entry to the filesystem by the path provided.

public FileSystemInfo Extract(string path)

Parameter	Type	Description
path	String	The path to destination file. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten.

The file info of composed file.

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	path is null.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access.
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 contains a colon (:) in the middle of the string.
FileNotFoundException	The file is not found.
DirectoryNotFoundException	The specified path is invalid, such as being on an unmapped drive.
IOException	The file is already open.

using (var archive = new TarArchive("archive.tar"))
{
    archive.Entries[0].Extract("data.bin");
}

Extracts the entry to the stream provided.

public void Extract(Stream destination)

Parameter	Type	Description
destination	Stream	Destination stream. Must be writable.

exception	condition
ArgumentException	destination does not support writing.

Extract an entry of tar archive.

using (var archive = new TarArchive("archive.tar"))
{
    archive.Entries[0].Extract(httpResponseStream);
}