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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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

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

set tar = CreateObject("Chilkat.Tar")

'  Any string automatically begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = tar.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(tar.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  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:
tar.WriteFormat = "gnu"

'  Add a directory tree to be included in the output TAR archive:
success = tar.AddDirRoot("/Users/chilkat/temp/abc123")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(tar.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  First write a .tar, then compress to a .Z using UnixCompress.
success = tar.WriteTar("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(tar.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set uc = CreateObject("Chilkat.UnixCompress")

success = uc.CompressFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar","/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.Z")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(uc.LastErrorText)
Else
    outFile.WriteLine("Success.")
End If


outFile.Close