Coding Challenge: Tar

This application was created as part of a coding challenge. The challenge details can be found here.

The following resources were used for implementing and understanding the functionality of the tar command:

• Wikipedia - tar (computing)
• GNU Tar Manual

Description

A simple tape archive-like cli tool created in Rust. This implementation mimics some, but not all of the functionalities of the original tar command.

How to Run

To run the cctar command line tool, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Build the applikcation using cargo build --release. That will generate the executable in the target/release directory called cctar.
3. Run the application.

Arguments

You can run the application with the following arguments:

• cctar -c <archive_name> <file1> <file2> ... to create an archive.
• cctar -x <archive_name> to extract an archive.
• cctar -t <archive_name> to list the contents of an archive.

Notes

The application accepts file paths (using the -f flag) and piped in files (using cat <file> | or other similar tools).