OC-misc/mtar/README.md

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mtar - Minitel Archiver

mtar is a file format for storing multiple files in a single file, much like tar, cpio or zip.

File format

mtar archive files consist of a number of file entries, in the following format:

  • 2 bytes file name length
  • the file name
  • 2 bytes file content length
  • the file contents

Archives are terminated either by the end of file, or a record with a name length of zero.