Java

Untar a .tar.Z (.taz) Compressed Archive

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Untar a .tar.Z (.taz) compressed archive. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Tar;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        // Untar a .tar archive.
        Tar tar = new Tar();

        // Untar into c:/temp/untarDir.  The directory tree(s) contained
        // within the TAR archive will be re-created rooted at this
        // directory.
        tar.setUntarFromDir("/Users/chilkat/temp/untarDir");

        // If any filepaths within the Tar archive are absolute,
        // automatically make them relative by removing the first
        // forward or backward slash.  This protects from untarring
        // files to unexpected locations.
        tar.setNoAbsolutePaths(true);

        try {
            tar.untarZ("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.Z");
            System.out.println("Success");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
        }
    }
}