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stdlib::tar

defined in C:\Users\bye45\.glide\bin/src/stdlib/tar.glide

Extract a tar archive in memory into `out_dir`. Returns the number

fn fn tar_extract(data: string, n: int, out_dir: string, strip_components: int) -> int

Extract a tar archive in memory into out_dir. Returns the number of regular files written, or -1 if the archive looks malformed. strip_components is identical to GNU tar's --strip-components.

glide 
let n: int = tar_extract(decoded_bytes, decoded_bytes.len(),
                         "/tmp/extract", 1);
if n < 0 { eprintln("bad archive"); }