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Delphi ActiveX

UnGzip .tgz to get a .tar

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A .tgz is simply a TAR archive compressed using GZip. It is also commonly referred to as a .tar.gz. Chilkat GZip can be used to ungzip to get an uncompressed .tar.

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Delphi ActiveX
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
gzip: TChilkatGzip;

begin
success := 0;

gzip := TChilkatGzip.Create(Self);

success := gzip.UncompressFile('qa_data/tar/test.tgz','qa_output/test.tar');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(gzip.LastErrorText);
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('success.');
  end;
end;