(Lianja) Untar a .tar Archive

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.
loTar = createobject("CkTar")

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

lnFileCount = loTar.Untar("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar")
if (lnFileCount < 0) then
    ? loTar.LastErrorText
else
    ? "Untarred " + str(lnFileCount) + " files and directories"
endif



release loTar