dxTarRead

• public domain
• single file with one function for each format (tar, ar, binary cpio)
• less than 50 lines of code, including comments, license and blanks
• or one file for all formats - more complicated, but more powerful
• easy to use, just returns a pointer to your file inside archive
• no dependencies (even stdlibc not used), embedded friendly
• requires no memory/malloc or copying, uses only what is passed in
• optimized for high speed routing of small archive files, stops parsing upon match
• designed to work in pair with tinfl.c from miniz

Other TAR

• Low level programming · Read TAR-file in 26 lines of Ansi-C code