Method _create_gnu_long_header

Lib/tarfile.py:1211–1225

Return a GNUTYPE_LONGNAME or GNUTYPE_LONGLINK sequence for name.

(cls, name, type, encoding, errors)

    @classmethod
    def _create_gnu_long_header(cls, name, type, encoding, errors):
        """Return a GNUTYPE_LONGNAME or GNUTYPE_LONGLINK sequence
           for name.
        """
        name = name.encode(encoding, errors) + NUL

        info = {}
        info["name"] = "././@LongLink"
        info["type"] = type
        info["size"] = len(name)
        info["magic"] = GNU_MAGIC

        # create extended header + name blocks.
        return cls._create_header(info, USTAR_FORMAT, encoding, errors) + \
                cls._create_payload(name)

    @classmethod
    def _create_pax_generic_header(cls, pax_headers, type, encoding):