(SQL Server) Untar a .tar Archive

Untar a .tar archive.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    -- Untar a .tar archive.
    DECLARE @tar int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Tar" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Tar', @tar OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @fileCount int

    -- Untar into c:/temp/untarDir.  The directory tree(s) contained
    -- within the TAR archive will be re-created rooted at this
    -- directory.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @tar, '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.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @tar, 'NoAbsolutePaths', 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @tar, 'Untar', @fileCount OUT, '/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar'
    IF @fileCount < 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @tar, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN


        PRINT 'Untarred ' + @fileCount + ' files and directories'
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @tar


END
GO