Delphi ActiveX

Untar a .tar.bz2 Compressed Archive

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Untar a .tar.bz2 compressed archive. 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;
tar: TChilkatTar;

begin
success := 0;

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

// Untar a .tar archive.
tar := TChilkatTar.Create(Self);

// Untar into c:/temp/untarDir.  The directory tree(s) contained
// within the TAR archive will be re-created rooted at this
// directory.
tar.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.NoAbsolutePaths := 1;

success := tar.UntarBz2('/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.bz2');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(tar.LastErrorText);
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Success');
  end;
end;