VB.NET

UnGzip .tgz to get a .tar

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A .tgz is simply a TAR archive compressed using GZip. It is also commonly referred to as a .tar.gz. Chilkat GZip can be used to ungzip to get an uncompressed .tar. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim gzip As New Chilkat.Gzip

success = gzip.UncompressFile("qa_data/tar/test.tgz","qa_output/test.tar")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(gzip.LastErrorText)
Else
    Debug.WriteLine("success.")
End If