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Example 1: Untar a File

Follow the steps below to extract and decompress a tar file:

From within the Project Designer page, expand the Compression folder in the Component Library, and then drag the Untar task to the Project Outline.

On the Basic tab of the Untar task, specify values for the following attributes:

Input File: The file path and name of a single file to untar.
Output Directory: The directory path to which the contents of the input TAR files should be extracted to.

On the Advanced tab of the Untar task, specify the Is Tar File Compressed? value:

Is Tar File Compressed?: Whether or not the tar file should be decompressed using GUnzip.

Click the

Save

button when finished.

If you want to extract multiple files, then leave the

Input File

blank, click the

Action

link in the sub-menu and select the

Add a File Set

menu item. Then follow the instructions in the File Set topic.

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