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# TarTask Class

Creates a tar file from the specified filesets.

For a list of all members of this type, see TarTask Members.

System.Object
NAnt.Core.Element
NAnt.Core.Task
NAnt.Compression.Tasks.TarTask

[Visual Basic]
<TaskName(Name:="tar")>
Public Class TarTask
Inherits Task
[C#]
[TaskName(Name="tar")]
public class TarTask : Task

#### Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.

#### Remarks

Uses #ziplib (SharpZipLib), an open source Tar/Zip/GZip library written entirely in C#.

#### Example

Tar all files in `${build.dir}` and `${doc.dir}` into a file called "backup.tar.gz", and apply gzip compression to it.

    <tar destfile="backup.tar.gz" compression="GZip">
        <fileset basedir="${bin.dir}" prefix="bin">
            <include name="**/*" />
        </fileset>
        <fileset basedir="${doc.dir}" prefix="doc">
            <include name="**/*" />
        </fileset>
    </tar>

#### Requirements

Namespace: NAnt.Compression.Tasks

Assembly: NAnt.CompressionTasks (in NAnt.CompressionTasks.dll)

#### See Also

TarTask Members | NAnt.Compression.Tasks Namespace