Java

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

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

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkGzip gzip = new CkGzip();

    // Ungzip and untar.
    boolean bNoAbsolute = true;
    String untarToDirectory;
    untarToDirectory = "/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
    // "/usr/bin/something.exe" it will
    // be extracted to "/temp/test/usr/bin/something.exe"
    success = gzip.UnTarGz("test.tar.gz",untarToDirectory,bNoAbsolute);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(gzip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }
  }
}