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Untar a .tar Archive

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Untar a .tar archive. React Native

import { Tar } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  // Untar a .tar archive.
  const tar = new 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;

  const fileCount = await tar.untarAsync('/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar');
  if (fileCount < 0) {
    console.log(tar.lastErrorText);
  } else {
    console.log(`Untarred ${fileCount} files and directories`);
  }
}