Tarix

tarix is a simple indexer for POSIX and GNU tar files. The indexes allow fast extraction of files in the archive, especially on seekable tape devices. The index format is simple enough to be used from a rescue disk with only mt, dd, and tar (though grep and sed would be very useful there)....


Platforms: *nix

tarix is a simple tar indexer that runs as a compression filter for tar. It generates indexes that allow fast access to any file within a tar archive and can be used quickly and easily with tarix itself, or even from a basic recovery disk.


Platforms: Mac, BSD, Linux