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Untar a .tar.bz2 Compressed Archive

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Untar a .tar.bz2 compressed archive.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Tar;

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

// Untar a .tar archive.
$tar = new Tar();

// 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;

try {
    $tar->UntarBz2('/Users/chilkat/testData/tar/abc123.tar.bz2');
    echo "Success\n";
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}