Classic ASP

Create TAR BZ2 Compressed Archive (.tar.bz2, .tbz, .tbz2, .tb2)

Demonstrates how to create a compressed TAR archive containing an entire directory tree. This example creates a compressed archive using BZip2 compression. The typical file extensions used are .tar.bz2, .tbz2, .tbz, or .tb2.

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<%
success = 0

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

set tar = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Tar")

' The TAR component will produce a  GNU tar 1.13.x format
' archive by default.
' It is also possible to create PAX -- POSIX 1003.1-2001 format
' or USTAR -- POSIX 1003.1-1988 format.
' Set the WriteFormat property to "gnu", "pax", or "ustar" to
' choose the output TAR format:
tar.WriteFormat = "gnu"

' Add a directory tree to be included in the output TAR archive:
success = tar.AddDirRoot("/Users/chilkat/temp/abc123")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( tar.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Create the compressed TAR archive using BZip2.
' Note: You may use UNC paths, absolute, or relative paths.
success = tar.WriteTarBz2("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.bz2")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( tar.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"

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