this added some small refinements as well as first forays in working with gz files. Added zlib.h. Checked if valid gz file via mgic number.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
 project(Tarstats__)
 
+
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Werror -std=c++20")
 
 add_executable(tarstats_pp main.cpp tarconst.h tarfunc.cpp tarfunc.h)
+target_link_libraries(tarstats_pp)
+

main.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 #include "tarconst.h"
 #include "tarfunc.h"
+#include "zlib.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     // Trivial check for arguments.
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     }
     bool toFile = false;
     bool toJSON = false;
+    bool g = false;
 
     std::vector<std::string> archiveFilename {};
     for (auto i : cmdparam) {
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
                 case 'h':
                     tar::printhelp();
                     return 9;
+                case 'g':
+                    g = true;
+                    break;
                 case '-':
                     break;
                 default:
@@ -55,6 +60,17 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         }
     }
 
+    if (g) {
+        std::ifstream test("test4.tar.gz", std::ios::binary);
+        char x;
+        test.seekg(1);
+        test.read((&x), 1);
+        test.close();
+        if (x == '\213')
+            std::cout << "success" << std::endl;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     for (auto &archiveName : archiveFilename) {
         //count the types of all items
         std::map<std::string, uintmax_t> typecount{