Terry,

Thanks for responding! There are libraries that already deal with making Tar(and other archive formats) files much better than bagit-java ever could simply because they have more resources to maintain and add new features.
After a quick search here are two that you could use
http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/tar.html
https://github.com/kamranzafar/jtar

Would it help to create an examples folder and show how you would create a tar yourself when using bagit-java?

Thanks

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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Terry Brady
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 12:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] bagit java version

John,

I am glad to hear that the bagit library will be enhanced.

At Georgetown, I have integrated the the bagit java library into our FileAnalyzer application.  We use this application for a number of digitization related tasks.

https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki/Bagit-automation

Our real use case is to prepare bags for the APTrust preservation repository.

https://github.com/Georgetown-University-Libraries/File-Analyzer/wiki/Bagit-automation-for-Academic-Preservation-Trust-(APTrust)

APTrust requires bags to be packaged as TAR files.  This code creates some APTrust tag files and then packages the bag as a tar file.  It would be useful to have a tar option built into the bagit library.

Since we have a number of applications that are already in Java, we will continue to work with the Java version of the library.

Terry

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Scancella, John <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am currently rewriting the library so that it better conforms to the 
> spec, and to make it easier to extend and use.  I was wondering if 
> people would be so kind as to provide any feedback on:
> * How they currently use the bagit-java library
>     * Do you use the command line?
>         * If so what is stopping you from using the python version instead?
>     * Do you use the library in a java application?
>         * If so what functionality do you use? What do you wish it did?
> * Trying out the latest version (you can see examples here 
> https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagit-java/blob/master/README.md#
> examples
> on how to use it)
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
> Please note, all opinions expressed in this email are my own.
>



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