# Mixlib::Archive

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A very simple gem to extract archives.

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

```ruby
gem 'mixlib-archive'
```

And then execute:

```shell
$ bundle
```

Or install it yourself as:

```shell
$ gem install mixlib-archive
```

## Usage

To extract an archive

```ruby
require "mixlib/archive"
tar = Mixlib::Archive.new("/path/to/tar")
tar.extract("/destination/directory")
```

To create an archive

```ruby
require "mixlib/archive"
tar = Mixlib::Archive.new("/path/to/foo.tar.gz")
tar.create(%w{ file.rb file2.rb }, gzip: true)
```

## Development

After checking out the repo, run `bundle` to install dependencies. Then, run `bundle exec rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bundle console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

## Documentation

All documentation is written using YARD. You can generate a by running:

```
rake docs
```

## Contributing

For information on contributing to this project please see our [Contributing Documentation](https://github.com/chef/chef/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

## License & Copyright

- Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Chef Software, Inc.
- License:: Apache License, Version 2.0

```text
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