Sample code for 30+ languages & platforms
Node.js

UnGzip .tgz to get a .tar

See more Tar Archive Examples

A .tgz is simply a TAR archive compressed using GZip. It is also commonly referred to as a .tar.gz. Chilkat GZip can be used to ungzip to get an uncompressed .tar.

Chilkat Node.js Downloads

Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var gzip = new chilkat.Gzip();

    success = gzip.UncompressFile("qa_data/tar/test.tgz","qa_output/test.tar");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(gzip.LastErrorText);
    }
    else {
        console.log("success.");
    }


}

chilkatExample();