How to Open TAR Archive Using C#

In order to view a tar archive, we’ll use

Aspose.ZIP for .NET

API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use API. It allows to open and view ZIP, TAR, 7ZIP, TAR, XAR, RAR file formats on .NET platform without installing any software like WinRAR or 7ZIP. Moreover, developers can convert archive to another format. To add the reference, Open

NuGet

package manager, search for Aspose.ZIP and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console Command


PM> Install-Package Aspose.Zip

Steps to View Entries of TAR archive via C#

Opening TAR archive to review entries consist of following steps:

  1. Compose TAR archive, prepared for decompression. For this purpose supply the path to the compressed file within TarArchive constructor.
  2. Now Entries property of the TarArchive contains the list of TarEntry.
  3. Use Name property of TarEntry to find out the name and path of the entry. You can look at other properties for some more details.

TAR Viewer Requirements

Before executing the code below, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites on your system.

  • Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core
  • Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Aspose.ZIP for .NET DLL referenced in your project
  • Add namespace in relevant class file
 

Open TAR Archive - C# code example

 

Free App to Open TAR

Check our live demos for TAR viewer with following benefits.

  No need to download or setup anything.
  No need to write any code.
  Just upload your TAR archives and hit the "View" button.
  You will instantly get the link for opened TAR file.
A reliable Aspose.ZIP Library that can compress, extract, encrypt, decrypt, convert and merge archives. Aspose.ZIP for .NET API allows to manipulate various archive types without without going into the underlying complexity of the compress file formats with minimum coding efforts.

Other Supported View archives

You can also view other archive formats including few listed below.

ZIP (Zipped (compressed) Files)
7ZIP (7zip Archive)
CPIO (Copy In, Copy Out Archive)
RAR (Roshal Archive Compressed file)
TAR (Tape Archive)
XAR (eXtensible ARchive format)