fset,
          int&nbsp;length)</code>
<div class="block">Parse an octal string from a buffer.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static long</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/tools/tar/TarUtils.html#parseOctalOrBinary-byte:A-int-int-">parseOctalOrBinary</a></span>(byte[]&nbsp;buffer,
                  int&nbsp;offset,
                  int&nbsp;length)</code>
<div class="block">Compute the value conta