Xojo Plugin

Untar a .tar Archive

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Untar a .tar archive. Xojo Plugin

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

// Untar a .tar archive.
Dim tar As New Chilkat.Tar

Dim fileCount As Int32

// 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

fileCount = tar.Untar("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar")
If (fileCount < 0) Then
    System.DebugLog(tar.LastErrorText)
Else
    System.DebugLog("Untarred " + Str(fileCount) + " files and directories")
End If