(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$gzip = New-Object Chilkat.Gzip

# Ungzip and untar.
$bNoAbsolute = $true

$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 -ne $true) {
    $($gzip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}