micropython/utarfile: Support creating tar files.

micropython/utarfile-write/example-append.py

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+""" tar append writes additional files to the end of an existing tar file."""
+import os
+import sys
+import utarfile
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    raise ValueError("Usage: %s appendfile.tar newinputfile1 ..." % sys.argv[0])
+
+tarfile = sys.argv[1]
+if not tarfile.endswith(".tar"):
+    raise ValueError("Filename %s does not end with .tar" % tarfile)
+
+with utarfile.TarFile(sys.argv[1], "a") as t:
+    for filename in sys.argv[2:]:
+        t.add(filename)

micropython/utarfile-write/example-create.py

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+""" tar create writes a new tar file containing the specified files."""
+import sys
+import utarfile
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    raise ValueError("Usage: %s outputfile.tar inputfile1 ..." % sys.argv[0])
+
+tarfile = sys.argv[1]
+if not tarfile.endswith(".tar"):
+    raise ValueError("Filename %s does not end with .tar" % tarfile)
+
+with utarfile.TarFile(sys.argv[1], "w") as t:
+    for filename in sys.argv[2:]:
+        t.add(filename)

micropython/utarfile-write/manifest.py

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+metadata(description="Lightweight tarfile module writing subset", version="0.1")
+
+require("utarfile")
+package("utarfile")

micropython/utarfile-write/utarfile/write.py

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+"""Additions to the TarFile class to support creating and appending tar files.
+
+The methods defined below in are injected into the TarFile class in the
+utarfile package.
+"""
+
+import uctypes
+import os
+
+# Extended subset of tar header fields including the ones we'll write.
+# http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Standard.html
+_TAR_HEADER = {
+    "name": (uctypes.ARRAY | 0, uctypes.UINT8 | 100),
+    "mode": (uctypes.ARRAY | 100, uctypes.UINT8 | 7),
+    "uid": (uctypes.ARRAY | 108, uctypes.UINT8 | 7),
+    "gid": (uctypes.ARRAY | 116, uctypes.UINT8 | 7),
+    "size": (uctypes.ARRAY | 124, uctypes.UINT8 | 12),
+    "mtime": (uctypes.ARRAY | 136, uctypes.UINT8 | 12),
+    "chksum": (uctypes.ARRAY | 148, uctypes.UINT8 | 8),
+    "typeflag": (uctypes.ARRAY | 156, uctypes.UINT8 | 1),
+}
+
+# Following https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.11/Lib/tarfile.py
+_NUL = const(b"\0")  # the null character
+_BLOCKSIZE = const(512)  # length of processing blocks
+_RECORDSIZE = const(_BLOCKSIZE * 20)  # length of records
+
+
+# Write a string into a bytearray by copying each byte.
+def _setstring(b, s, maxlen):
+    for i, c in enumerate(s.encode("utf-8")[:maxlen]):
+        b[i] = c
+
+
+def _open_write(self, name, mode, fileobj):
+    if mode == "w":
+        if not fileobj:
+            self.f = open(name, "wb")
+        else:
+            self.f = fileobj
+    elif mode == "a":
+        if not fileobj:
+            self.f = open(name, "r+b")
+        else:
+            self.f = fileobj
+        # Read through the existing file.
+        while self.next():
+            pass
+        # Position at start of end block.
+        self.f.seek(self.offset)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("mode " + mode + " not supported.")
+
+
+def addfile(self, tarinfo, fileobj=None):
+    # Write the header: 100 bytes of name, 8 bytes of mode in octal...
+    buf = bytearray(_BLOCKSIZE)
+    name = tarinfo.name
+    size = tarinfo.size
+    if tarinfo.isdir():
+        size = 0
+        if not name.endswith("/"):
+            name += "/"
+    hdr = uctypes.struct(uctypes.addressof(buf), _TAR_HEADER, uctypes.LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+    _setstring(hdr.name, name, 100)
+    _setstring(hdr.mode, "%06o " % (tarinfo.mode & 0o7777), 7)
+    _setstring(hdr.uid, "%06o " % tarinfo.uid, 7)
+    _setstring(hdr.gid, "%06o " % tarinfo.gid, 7)
+    _setstring(hdr.size, "%011o " % size, 12)
+    _setstring(hdr.mtime, "%011o " % tarinfo.mtime, 12)
+    _setstring(hdr.typeflag, "5" if tarinfo.isdir() else "0", 1)
+    # Checksum is calculated with checksum field all blanks.
+    _setstring(hdr.chksum, " " * 8, 8)
+    # Calculate and insert the actual checksum.
+    chksum = sum(buf)
+    _setstring(hdr.chksum, "%06o\0" % chksum, 7)
+    # Emit the header.
+    self.f.write(buf)
+    self.offset += len(buf)
+
+    # Copy the file contents, if any.
+    if fileobj:
+        n_bytes = self.f.write(fileobj.read())
+        self.offset += n_bytes
+        remains = -n_bytes & (_BLOCKSIZE - 1)  # == 0b111111111
+        if remains:
+            buf = bytearray(remains)
+            self.f.write(buf)
+            self.offset += len(buf)
+
+
+def add(self, name, recursive=True):
+    # self.TarInfo will exist when this method is pasted into TarFile.
+    tarinfo = TarInfo(name)
+    try:
+        stat = os.stat(name)
+        tarinfo.mode = stat[0]
+        tarinfo.uid = stat[4]
+        tarinfo.gid = stat[5]
+        tarinfo.size = stat[6]
+        tarinfo.mtime = stat[8]
+    except OSError:
+        print("Cannot stat", name, " - skipping.")
+        return
+    if not (tarinfo.isdir() or tarinfo.isreg()):
+        # We only accept directories or regular files.
+        print(name, "is not a directory or regular file - skipping.")
+        return
+    if tarinfo.isdir():
+        self.addfile(tarinfo)
+        if recursive:
+            for f in os.ilistdir(name):
+                self.add(name + "/" + f[0], recursive)
+    else:  # type == REGTYPE
+        self.addfile(tarinfo, open(name, "rb"))
+
+
+def close(self):
+    # Must be called to complete writing a tar file.
+    if self.mode == "w":
+        self.f.write(_NUL * (_BLOCKSIZE * 2))
+        self.offset += _BLOCKSIZE * 2
+        remainder = self.offset % _RECORDSIZE
+        if remainder:
+            self.f.write(_NUL * (_RECORDSIZE - remainder))
+    self.f.close()
+
+
+# Inject extra functionality into TarFile.
+from . import TarFile, TarInfo
+
+TarFile._open_write = _open_write
+TarFile.addfile = addfile
+TarFile.add = add
+TarFile.close = close

micropython/utarfile/example-extract.py

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 import sys
 import os
-import shutil
 import utarfile
 
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    raise ValueError("Usage: %s inputfile.tar" % sys.argv[0])
+
 t = utarfile.TarFile(sys.argv[1])
 for i in t:
-    print(i)
+    print(i.name)
     if i.type == utarfile.DIRTYPE:
-        os.makedirs(i.name)
+        os.mkdir(i.name)
     else:
         f = t.extractfile(i)
-        shutil.copyfileobj(f, open(i.name, "wb"))
+        with open(i.name, "wb") as of:
+            of.write(f.read())

micropython/utarfile/manifest.py

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 # Originally written by Paul Sokolovsky.
 
-module("utarfile.py")
+package("utarfile")