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Address unpack race conditions using path reservations
TAR_* error codesTAR_BAD_ARCHIVE warning/error when there are no valid
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Add 'mtime' option to tar creation to force mtime
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- Add 'transform' unpack option
- Fail when zlib fails
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Add noMtime flag for tar creation
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unpack: raise error if cwd is missing or not a dir
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Support @file.tar as an entry argument to copy entries from one tar file to another.
@file.tar as an entry argument to copy entries from
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