Re: Untaring with perl

Greetings mrbbq,

This is untested, and I only just now tossed it together, but is this what you're asking for?

use Archive::Tar;
my $tar = Archive::Tar->new;
chdir '/tmp' or die $!;
$tar->read('anything.tgz', 1, { 'extract' => 1 } );
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I'd rather not have to chdir; instead, I'd like to tell Archive::Tar where to extract the files. How to do that is probably in the POD somewhere.

gryphon
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code('Perl') || die;

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Re^2: Untaring with perl by mrbbq (Sexton) on Aug 24, 2005 at 18:08 UTC
Works perfect, thank you.	[reply]
Re^2: Untaring with perl by mrbbq (Sexton) on Aug 24, 2005 at 18:19 UTC
could anything.tgz be a variable? $tar->read('$tar_file",1, { 'extract' => 1 }); I could not get it to work passing a variable...ideas? thanks	[reply]
Re^3: Untaring with perl by gryphon (Abbot) on Aug 24, 2005 at 20:00 UTC
Greetings mrbbq, You have a single-quote just before $tar_file that doesn't match the double-quote at the end. You should either change the single to a double, or (and better) just drop the quotes. `use strict; my $tar_file = 'anything.tgz'; $tar->read( $tar_file, 1, { 'extract' => 1 } );` [download] gryphon Whitepages.com Development Manager (DSMS) code('Perl') \|\| die;	[reply] [d/l]