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UnGzip .tgz to get a .tar

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A .tgz is simply a TAR archive compressed using GZip. It is also commonly referred to as a .tar.gz. Chilkat GZip can be used to ungzip to get an uncompressed .tar.

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    success := false

    gzip := chilkat.NewGzip()

    success = gzip.UncompressFile("qa_data/tar/test.tgz","qa_output/test.tar")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(gzip.LastErrorText())
    } else {
        fmt.Println("success.")
    }


    gzip.DisposeGzip()