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

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

Downloads for Windows/Linux and Install Instructions

require 'rubygems'
require 'chilkat'


gzip = Chilkat::CkGzip.new()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = gzip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print gzip.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  Ungzip and untar.
bNoAbsolute = true

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)
    print gzip.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end