tar

import { create, extract } from 'tar'; import { promises as fs } from 'fs'; import path from 'path'; async function createAndExtractTarball() { const dir = 'test_files'; const tarballName = 'test_archive.tar'; const extractDir = 'extracted_files'; // 1. Create a directory and some files await fs.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true }); await fs.writeFile(path.join(dir, 'file1.txt'), 'Hello from file 1!'); await fs.writeFile(path.join(dir, 'file2.js'), 'console.log("Hello from file 2!");'); console.log(`Created directory '${dir}' with two files.`); // 2. Create a tarball from the directory await create( { gzip: false, file: tarballName, cwd: '.' }, [dir] ); console.log(`Created tarball '${tarballName}'.`); // 3. Extract the tarball into a new directory await fs.mkdir(extractDir, { recursive: true }); await extract( { file: tarballName, cwd: extractDir, strip: 1 }, [] ); console.log(`Extracted '${tarballName}' into '${extractDir}'.`); // 4. Verify extraction (optional) const extractedFiles = await fs.readdir(path.join(extractDir, dir)); console.log('Files in extracted directory:', extractedFiles); // 5. Clean up await fs.rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }); await fs.rm(tarballName, { force: true }); await fs.rm(extractDir, { recursive: true, force: true }); console.log('Cleaned up created files and directories.'); } createAndExtractTarball().catch(console.error);