Untar a .tar.bz2 Compressed Archive

Untar a .tar.bz2 compressed archive.

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//  Important: It is helpful to send the contents of the
//  tar.LastErrorText property when requesting support.

//  Untar a .tar archive.
Chilkat.Tar tar = new Chilkat.Tar();

//  Any string automatically begins the 30-day trial.
bool success;
success = tar.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    textBox1.Text += tar.LastErrorText + "\r\n";
    return;
}

//  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;

success = tar.UntarBz2("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.bz2");
if (success != true) {
    textBox1.Text += tar.LastErrorText + "\r\n";
}
else {
    textBox1.Text += "Success" + "\r\n";
}