Untar a .tar.bz2 Compressed Archive

Untar a .tar.bz2 compressed archive.

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<?php

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

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

//  Any string automatically begins the 30-day trial.
$success = $tar->UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial');
if ($success != true) {
    print $tar->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  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) {
    print $tar->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Success' . "\n";
}

?>