Lua

GZip Decompress File

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Demonstrates how to uncompress a .gz compressed file to get the uncompressed original file. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local gzip = chilkat.Gzip.new()

local success = gzip:uncompress_file("qa_data/gzip/something.csv.gz", "qa_output/something.csv")
if not success then
    print(gzip.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("File successfully uncompressed and extracted from the Gzip compressed format.")