Write Tar File of Unknown (Large) Size in Java

Question

I\'d like to write a large stream of unknown size to a tar file in Java. I know that Apache has the commons compress library which handles tar files, but they require me to kno

Answer 1

I ended up taking jtar and modifying it so you don't have to specify the size until after you write. It seems there is no package that does this natively... I set up an issue that requests this change. Unfortunately, it required a lot of ugly code and creating my own RandomAccessFileInputStream(), which is unsuitable for uploading a patch.