Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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Untar a .tar archive. 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.Tar;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  tar: TTar;
  fileCount: Integer;

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

  //  Untar a .tar archive.
  tar := TTar.Create;

  //  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 := True;

  fileCount := tar.Untar('/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar');
  if (fileCount < 0) then
    begin
      WriteLn(tar.LastErrorText);
    end
  else
    begin
      WriteLn('Untarred ' + fileCount + ' files and directories');
    end;


  tar.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.