Xar
文件结构 > 目录表（TOC）

与cpio，tar或ar的不同，Xar将TOC（目录表）存储在文件的开头，这使得附加到归档文件变得更加复杂，但是好处是不必扫描整个归档文件来提取单个包含的文件。 TOC以UTF-8编码的XML文档存储,zlib压缩。 存储在Xar中的每个文件都经过独立压缩/编码，可以使用不同的压缩方法对不同文件进行编码。在某些系统上，文件还可以通过xz或lzma压缩方法进行编码。
TOC示例
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xar>
 <toc>
  <checksum style="sha1">
   <offset>0</offset>
   <size>20</size>
  </checksum>
  <file id="1">
   <group>staff</group>
   <gid>20</gid>
   <user>joe</user>
   <uid>501</uid>
   <mode>0755</mode>
   <type>directory</type>
   <name>com.foobar</name>
   <file id="2">
    <group></group>
    <gid>20</gid>
    <user></user>
    <uid>501</uid>
    <mode>0775</mode>
    <type>directory</type>
    <name>Contents</name>
    <file id="3">
     <data>
      <length>428</length>
      <offset>20</offset>
      <size>1005</size>
      <encoding style="application/x-gzip"/>
      <archived-checksum style="SHA1">a5f6f1461213a904f831d4ef6f214638342842ed</archived-checksum>
      <extracted-checksum style="SHA1">21d21a0c90378248ce0dfb6f345376d1b00d65fc</extracted-checksum>
     </data>
     <group></group>
     <gid>20</gid>
     <user></user>
     <uid>501</uid>
     <mode>0664</mode>
     <type>file</type>
     <name>Info.plist</name>
    </file>
    <file id="4">
     <group></group>
     <gid>20</gid>
     <user></user>
     <uid>501</uid>
     <mode>0775</mode>
     <type>directory</type>
     <name>Resources</name>
     <file id="5">
      <data>
       <length>14868</length>
       <offset>448</offset>
       <size>274432</size>
       <encoding style="application/x-gzip"/>
       <archived-checksum style="SHA1">efe5c97921de7ccc5aebc158d158e9d4280d6814</archived-checksum>
       <extracted-checksum style="SHA1">45c8be42d1d9afdb57ddd5e9311453010ec46161</extracted-checksum>
      </data>
      <group></group>
      <gid>20</gid>
      <user></user>
      <uid>501</uid>
      <mode>0664</mode>
      <type>file</type>
      <name>foobar</name>
     </file>
     <file id="6">
      <data>
       <length>17635</length>
       <offset>15316</offset>
       <size>45056</size>
       <encoding style="application/x-gzip"/>
       <archived-checksum style="SHA1">3c761ffcc81ee6e232e4f4a1c4a81654c26c4e52</archived-checksum>
       <extracted-checksum style="SHA1">0ea31f8ef0e5987a1838a64ab5c26ebf3ee4bc37</extracted-checksum>
      </data>
      <group></group>
      <gid>20</gid>
      <user></user>
      <uid>501</uid>
      <mode>0664</mode>
      <type>file</type>
      <name>docSet.skidx</name>
     </file>
     <file id="7">
      <group></group>
      <gid>20</gid>
      <user></user>
      <uid>501</uid>
      <mode>0775</mode>
      <type>directory</type>
      <name>Documents</name>
      <file id="8">
       <data>
        <length>35790</length>
        <offset>32951</offset>
        <size>209242</size>
        <encoding style="application/x-gzip"/>
        <archived-checksum style="SHA1">5242cd71585c34e722932f324706f8c00e1ae0c5</archived-checksum>
        <extracted-checksum style="SHA1">c0e013e53d829511835e2b429abb5198731e9a3e</extracted-checksum>
       </data>
       <group></group>
       <gid>20</gid>
       <user></user>
       <uid>501</uid>
       <mode>0664</mode>
       <type>file</type>
       <name>foobar.html</name>
      </file>
     </file>
    </file>
   </file>
  </file>
 </toc>
</xar>