(MFC) Untar a .tar.bz2 Compressed Archive

Untar a .tar.bz2 compressed archive.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkTar.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // Untar a .tar archive.
    CkTar tar;

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

    bool success = tar.UntarBz2("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.bz2");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(tar.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }
    else {
        strOut.append("Success");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }



    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }