(PureBasic) 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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IncludeFile "CkGzip.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

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

    gzip.i = CkGzip::ckCreate()
    If gzip.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Ungzip and untar.
    bNoAbsolute.i = 1
    untarToDirectory.s
    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.i = CkGzip::ckUnTarGz(gzip,"test.tar.gz",untarToDirectory,bNoAbsolute)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkGzip::ckLastErrorText(gzip)
        CkGzip::ckDispose(gzip)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf



    CkGzip::ckDispose(gzip)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure