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

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

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load ./chilkat.dll

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

# Untar a .tar archive.
set tar [new_CkTar]

# Untar into c:/temp/untarDir.  The directory tree(s) contained
# within the TAR archive will be re-created rooted at this
# directory.
CkTar_put_UntarFromDir $tar "/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.
CkTar_put_NoAbsolutePaths $tar 1

set success [CkTar_UntarGz $tar "/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.gz"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkTar_lastErrorText $tar]
} else {
    puts "Success"
}


delete_CkTar $tar