Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

GZip Tar Extract (.tgz or .tar.gz)

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Demonstrates how to extract the contents of a GZip compressed Tar archive (.tgz or .tar.gz). Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Gzip;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  gzip: TGzip;
  bNoAbsolute: Boolean;
  untarToDirectory: string;

begin
  success := False;

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

  gzip := TGzip.Create;

  //  Ungzip and untar.
  bNoAbsolute := True;

  untarToDirectory := '/temp/test';
  //  bNoAbsolute tells the component to convert all absolute paths
  //  found in the .tar to relative paths.   For example, if the .tar
  //  contains a file with an absolute path such as
  //  "/usr/bin/something.exe" it will
  //  be extracted to "/temp/test/usr/bin/something.exe";
  success := gzip.UnTarGz('test.tar.gz',untarToDirectory,bNoAbsolute);
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(gzip.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;


  gzip.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.