'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shared Sub Untar( _
   ByVal tarFileName As String, _
   ByVal destinationFolder As String, _
   ByVal replaceExistingFiles As Boolean, _
   ByVal recursive As Boolean, _
   ByVal preservePaths As Boolean, _
   ByVal isTarCompressed As Boolean, _
   ByVal byteProgressionCallback As QuickTar.ByteProgressionCallback, _
   ByVal itemProgressionCallback As QuickTar.ItemProgressionCallback, _
   ByVal userParams As Object, _
   ByVal ParamArray filesToUntar() As String _
) 

'Usage
 
Dim tarFileName As String
Dim destinationFolder As String
Dim replaceExistingFiles As Boolean
Dim recursive As Boolean
Dim preservePaths As Boolean
Dim isTarCompressed As Boolean
Dim byteProgressionCallback As QuickTar.ByteProgressionCallback
Dim itemProgressionCallback As QuickTar.ItemProgressionCallback
Dim userParams As Object
Dim filesToUntar() As String
 
QuickTar.Untar(tarFileName, destinationFolder, replaceExistingFiles, recursive, preservePaths, isTarCompressed, byteProgressionCallback, itemProgressionCallback, userParams, filesToUntar)

public static void Untar( 
   string tarFileName,
   string destinationFolder,
   bool replaceExistingFiles,
   bool recursive,
   bool preservePaths,
   bool isTarCompressed,
   QuickTar.ByteProgressionCallback byteProgressionCallback,
   QuickTar.ItemProgressionCallback itemProgressionCallback,
   object userParams,
   params string[] filesToUntar
)

Parameters

tarFileName

The full path of the Tar archive. Cannot be empty.

destinationFolder

The path to the destination folder in which to untar all items. Cannot be empty.

replaceExistingFiles

Boolean value indicating whether existing items in the destination should be replaced.

recursive

Boolean value indicating whether files contained within sub-folders of filesToTar items should be extracted.

preservePaths

Boolean value indicating whether the directory structure should be preserved in the destination folder.

isTarCompressed

Boolean value indicating if the tar file was compressed using GZip. Note: The GZip file retrieved must have the following format: tarFileName.gz. An exception is thrown if the Tar archive is not compressed.

byteProgressionCallback

Delegate for ByteProgression notification.

itemProgressionCallback

Delegate for ItemProgression notification.

userParams

Opaque data that will be passed back to the event handler when an event is raised.

filesToUntar

The list of file paths to get from the Tar archive. Cannot be null.

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

QuickTar Class
QuickTar Members
Overload List