Untar a .tar.gz Archive

VB.NET example code to decompress and untar a .tar.gz archive.

    ' Untar a .tar.gz archive.
    Private Sub Button11_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button11.Click

        ' The Chilkat.Gzip class is included with the "Chilkat Zip" license.
        Dim gz As New Chilkat.Gzip()
        gz.UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial")

        Dim bNoAbsolute As Boolean
        Dim untarRoot As String

        ' bNoAbsolute controls whether leading '/' or '\' are automatically
        ' removed from filepaths to ensure that all files are untarred to
        ' a directory beneath the untarRoot.
        bNoAbsolute = True
        untarRoot = "c:/temp/myProduct"

        ' The UnTarZ method is streaming. Files of any size
        ' may be uncompressed and untarred.  No temporary files are produced.
        Dim success As Boolean
        success = gz.UnTarGz("myProduct.tar.gz", untarRoot, bNoAbsolute)
        If (Not success) Then
            MessageBox.Show(gz.LastErrorText)
        End If

    End Sub