On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Juhapekka Tolvanen wrote: > [snip]
I've been working on an interface to several archive formats. Currently, I have .ar, .cpio(binary and compat) and .tar(sysv, gnu, posix). I've used it to make a .deb with pure java code, and then install it with dpkg. I'm currently adding .cab support. The present implementation is in java, but I plan on porting to perl/python/c when I get the right amount of features done. I don't consider a format implemented, until I have both reading and writing done, AND test cases for it. The name of this project is Altar(Abstract Library To ARchives). It's not yet released.
