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

Untar a .tar.gz (.tgz) GZIP compressed archive.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

# Untar a .tar archive.
$tar = New-Object Chilkat.Tar

# 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 = $true

$success = $tar.UntarGz("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.gz")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($tar.LastErrorText)
}
else {
    $("Success")
}