build tar file from Folder without to save it.

[Mozartuss]

Is it possible to build a tar-file recursively from a Folder without to save it. I currently use the Builder with .append_dir_all(). In my use case I only need the byte vector of the tar-file to work with this.

[Mozartuss]

If someone is looking for the solution here it is:

the function compress all files in a given folder path and return a Vec<u8>

fn compress(input_path: &PathBuf) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>, io::Error> {
    let encoder = GzEncoder::new(Vec::new(), Compression::fast());
    let mut tar = tar::Builder::new(encoder);
    tar.append_dir_all(".", &input_path)?;
    let encoder_data: GzEncoder<Vec<u8>> = tar.into_inner()?;
    let compress_vec: Vec<u8> = encoder_data.finish()?;
    Ok(compress_vec)
}