Java

Untar a .tar.Z (.taz) Compressed Archive

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Untar a .tar.Z (.taz) compressed archive. 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.

    // Untar a .tar archive.
    CkTar tar = new CkTar();

    // Untar into c:/temp/untarDir.  The directory tree(s) contained
    // within the TAR archive will be re-created rooted at this
    // directory.
    tar.put_UntarFromDir("/Users/chilkat/temp/untarDir");

    // If any filepaths within the Tar archive are absolute,
    // automatically make them relative by removing the first
    // forward or backward slash.  This protects from untarring
    // files to unexpected locations.
    tar.put_NoAbsolutePaths(true);

    success = tar.UntarZ("/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.Z");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(tar.lastErrorText());
        }
    else {
        System.out.println("Success");
        }
  }
}