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

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

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
gzip: TChilkatGzip;
bNoAbsolute: Integer;
untarToDirectory: WideString;
success: Integer;

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

gzip := TChilkatGzip.Create(Self);

// Ungzip and untar.
bNoAbsolute := 1;

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 <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(gzip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
end;