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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CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    --  Important: It is helpful to send the contents of the
    --  tar.LastErrorText property when requesting support.

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

    --  Any string automatically begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
    DECLARE @success int

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @tar, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, 'Anything for 30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @tar, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  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:
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @tar, 'WriteFormat', 'gnu'

    --  Add a directory tree to be included in the output TAR archive:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @tar, 'AddDirRoot', @success OUT, '/Users/chilkat/temp/abc123'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @tar, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  First write a .tar, then compress to a .Z using UnixCompress.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @tar, 'WriteTar', @success OUT, '/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @tar, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

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

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @uc, 'CompressFile', @success OUT, '/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar', '/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.Z'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @uc, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Success.'
      END

END
GO