Method test_100_char_name

Lib/test/test_tarfile.py:1437–1455

(self)

    prefix = "w:"

    def test_100_char_name(self):
        # The name field in a tar header stores strings of at most 100 chars.
        # If a string is shorter than 100 chars it has to be padded with '\0',
        # which implies that a string of exactly 100 chars is stored without
        # a trailing '\0'.
        name = "0123456789" * 10
        tar = tarfile.open(tmpname, self.mode)
        try:
            t = tarfile.TarInfo(name)
            tar.addfile(t)
        finally:
            tar.close()

        tar = tarfile.open(tmpname)
        try:
            self.assertEqual(tar.getnames()[0], name,
                    "failed to store 100 char filename")
        finally:
            tar.close()

    def test_tar_size(self):
        # Test for bug #1013882.