Chilkat2-Python

GZip Tar Extract (.tgz or .tar.gz)

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Demonstrates how to extract the contents of a GZip compressed Tar archive (.tgz or .tar.gz). Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

gzip = chilkat2.Gzip()

# Ungzip and untar.
bNoAbsolute = True

untarToDirectory = "/temp/test"
# bNoAbsolute tells the component to convert all absolute paths
# found in the .tar to relative paths.   For example, if the .tar
# contains a file with an absolute path such as
# "/usr/bin/something.exe" it will
# be extracted to "/temp/test/usr/bin/something.exe"
success = gzip.UnTarGz("test.tar.gz",untarToDirectory,bNoAbsolute)
if (success != True):
    print(gzip.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()