# Re: Archive::Tar uncompress question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-archive-tar-uncompress-question/93703>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 6, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-archive-tar-uncompress-question/93703 "2006-04-06T21:43:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-archive-tar-uncompress-question/93703/1 "2006-04-06T21:43:52Z")

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> > > its name, instead of Archive::Tar::Wrapper or something like that,  
> > > I’m using it as a namespace in minitar  
> > > (Archive::Tar::Minitar), which just declares it as a module.  
> > > I can be a bit smarter about how I declare it, so it’s not a  
> > > huge deal; I was just surprised that the package name and the  
> > > namespace mismatched so wildly 😉
> 
> -austin

Yeah, I didn’t want to take the package name ‘archive-tar’ because I  
figured someone, some day, would write a version that would use a zlib  
backend, i.e. a port of the Archive::Tar Perl module. So, I  
intentionally named my package something else, but used Archive::Tar  
internally because I figured no one would use an external wrapper _and_  
a zlib wrapper - what would be the point?

To create even MORE confusion, it’s listed as just ‘tarsimple’ on the  
RAA because of a goofy 15 character limit on project names there.

Anyway, if minitar uses a zlib backend (I haven’t looked in a long  
while), then perhaps you ought to snag that project name for the RAA and  
consider using that namespace instead. Obviously, that is strictly up  
to you, but it might be more familiar to folks coming to Ruby from Perl  
who are familiar with that package.

Regards,

Dan

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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-archive-tar-uncompress-question/93703/2 "2006-04-06T21:49:57Z")

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On 4/6/06, Berger, Daniel [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > > adopted from Perl, btw), although I highly doubt anyone would use  
> > > _and_ a zlib wrapper - what would be the point?  
> > > Minitar is so named because it’s an incomplete implementation of the  
> > > tar format. It does have the ability to work against gzipped files.

There’s more functionality hopefully coming.

-austin