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

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

Download Chilkat 32-bit Zip ActiveX (.msi) (includes objects for .zip, .gz, .bz2, and .Z)

Download All 32-bit Chilkat ActiveX Components (.zip)

Download All 64-bit Chilkat ActiveX Components (.zip)

CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @gzip int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Gzip', @gzip OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    --  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gzip, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, 'Anything for 30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @gzip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Ungzip and untar.
    DECLARE @bNoAbsolute int

    SELECT @bNoAbsolute = 1
    DECLARE @untarToDirectory nvarchar(4000)

    SELECT @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"
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gzip, 'UnTarGz', @success OUT, 'test.tar.gz', @untarToDirectory, @bNoAbsolute
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @gzip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END


END
GO