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Untar a .tar.bz2 Compressed Archive

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Untar a .tar.bz2 compressed archive. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oTar

nSuccess := 0

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

//  Untar a .tar archive.
oTar := CreateObject("Chilkat.Tar")

//  Untar into c:/temp/untarDir.  The directory tree(s) contained
//  within the TAR archive will be re-created rooted at this
//  directory.
oTar: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.
oTar:NoAbsolutePaths := 1

nSuccess := oTar:UntarBz2("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.bz2")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oTar:LastErrorText
ELSE
    ? "Success"
ENDIF

oTar:destroy()