Patent ID: 11934346
Assignee: TREND MICRO INCORPORATED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A computer comprising a memory and at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the computer to:
identify, in a compressed tar archive, a locator of a target member file of a plurality of member files that have been compressed in the compressed tar archive, the locator including a tar offset, a logical offset, and a decompressor state;
seek to the tar offset in the compressed tar archive;
at the tar offset, restore a decompressor to the decompressor state, the decompressor state indicating to the decompressor what portion of the compressed tar archive has been decompressed;
from the tar offset, decompress following compressed data of the compressed tar archive using the decompressor to generate a corresponding decompressed data; and
moving to the logical offset in the decompressed data to access the target member file.