Create .taz, .tar.Z TAR Archive

Demonstrates how to create a compressed TAR archive containing an entire directory tree. This example creates a compressed archive using Unix "Z" compression. The typical file extensions used are .tar.Z and .taz.

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LOCAL loTar
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loUc

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

loTar = CreateObject('Chilkat.Tar')

*  Any string automatically begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.

lnSuccess = loTar.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loTar.LastErrorText
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  The TAR component will produce a  GNU tar 1.13.x format
*  archive by default.
*  It is also possible to create PAX -- POSIX 1003.1-2001 format
*  or USTAR -- POSIX 1003.1-1988 format.
*  Set the WriteFormat property to "gnu", "pax", or "ustar" to
*  choose the output TAR format:
loTar.WriteFormat = "gnu"

*  Add a directory tree to be included in the output TAR archive:
lnSuccess = loTar.AddDirRoot("/Users/chilkat/temp/abc123")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loTar.LastErrorText
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  First write a .tar, then compress to a .Z using UnixCompress.
lnSuccess = loTar.WriteTar("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loTar.LastErrorText
    QUIT
ENDIF

loUc = CreateObject('Chilkat.UnixCompress')

lnSuccess = loUc.CompressFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar","/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.Z")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loUc.LastErrorText
ELSE
    ? "Success."
ENDIF