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Untar a .tar Archive

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

; Untar a .tar archive.
$oTar = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Tar")

Local $iFileCount

; Untar into c:/temp/untarDir.  The directory tree(s) contained
; within the TAR archive will be re-created rooted at this
; directory.
$oTar.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.
$oTar.NoAbsolutePaths = True

$iFileCount = $oTar.Untar("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar")
If ($iFileCount < 0) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oTar.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Untarred " & $iFileCount & " files and directories" & @CRLF)
EndIf