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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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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$gzip = new CkGzip();

$success = $gzip->UncompressFile('qa_data/tar/test.tgz','qa_output/test.tar');
if ($success != true) {
    print $gzip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'success.' . "\n";
}


?>