GZip Tar Extract (.tgz or .tar.gz)

Demonstrates how to extract the contents of a GZip compressed Tar archive (.tgz or .tar.gz).

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// Needs #include <CkGzip.h>

    CkString strOut;


    CkGzip gzip;

    bool success;

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = gzip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(gzip.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Ungzip and untar.
    bool bNoAbsolute;
    bNoAbsolute = true;
    const char * untarToDirectory;
    untarToDirectory = "c:/temp/test";
    //  bNoAbsolute tells the component to convert all absolute paths
    //  found in the .tar to relative paths.   For example, if the .tar
    //  contains a file with an absolute path such as
    //  "c:/Windows/system32/something.exe" it will
    //  be extracted to "c:/temp/test/Windows/system32/something.exe"
    success = gzip.UnTarGz("test.tar.gz",untarToDirectory,bNoAbsolute);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(gzip.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }



    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());