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== Description
   A very simple tar/compress package that uses calls to external programs
   to do the work.
   
== Synopsis
   require "archive/tar_external"
   include Archive
   
   # The long way
   t = Tar::External.new("test.tar")
   t.create_archive("*.rb")
   t.compress_archive("gzip")
   
   # The short way
   t = Tar::External.new("test.tar", "*.rb", "gzip")
   
== Prerequisites
   Ruby 1.8.0 or later.
   The win32-open3 package (Windows only).
   The "tar" command line program.
   At least one compression program, e.g. gzip, bzip2, zip, etc.
   
== Installation
=== Standard Installation
   ruby test/tc_archive.rb (optional)
   ruby install.rb

=== Gem Installation
   ruby archive-tar-external.gemspec
   gem install archive-tar-external-XXX.gem
   
== Notes
   For further documentation and information, see the tar_external.txt file
   in the 'doc' directory.

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Version	Path
archive-tar-external-1.2.0	README