Objective-C

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

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Untar a .tar.Z (.taz) compressed archive. Objective-C

#import <CkoTar.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

//  Untar a .tar archive.
CkoTar *tar = [[CkoTar alloc] init];

//  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 = YES;

success = [tar UntarZ: @"/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.Z"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",tar.LastErrorText);
}
else {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Success");
}