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Untar a .tar.Z (.taz) Compressed Archive

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Untar a .tar.Z (.taz) compressed archive.

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Local $bSuccess = False

;  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")

;  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

$bSuccess = $oTar.UntarZ("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.Z")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oTar.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Success" & @CRLF)
EndIf