Objective-C

Untar a .tar.gz (.tgz) Compressed Archive

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#import <CkoTar.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

// Untar a .tar archive.
CkoTar *tar = [[CkoTar alloc] init];

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

success = [tar UntarGz: @"/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.gz"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",tar.LastErrorText);
}
else {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Success");
}