How to tar and untar insing Java program

[Ravi Prasad]

Hi,
I have a requirment, I want to write a java class which can do the tar and untar operation on a single file or on a folder (many files).
Can anyone through some light on this.
if some sample code is there please send it to me.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Ravi Prasad
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[Joe Ess]

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[jason adam]

Ravi,
Welcome to the Ranch!
We ain't got too many rules round these parts, but we do have our naming policy, which does not allow obviously fictitious names. Names with numbers in them of course violate this rule. Please head over here and change your name to fit our policy. Thanks!

[Ravi Prasad]

Hi,
Thank you adam. I have updated the name.
Thanks Joe Ess for your help. This web site is helpfull to me.

Thanks and Regards,
Ravi Prasad
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[jason adam]

Originally posted by Ravi Prasad:
Hi,
Thank you adam. I have updated the name.

Actually, my first name is Jason, last name is Adam. It's a curse sometimes having two (actually 3, but I don't divulge my middlename ) first names.
And thank you for making the name change so quickly, we at the Ranch appreciate it!

[Yit Ming Toh]

i m also working on a piece of code that requires to perform gunzip and untar...

i am using
java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream for gunzip
and as for untar, i will be following the approach that is using apache's API (org.apache.tools.tar)
http://www.koders.com/java/fid5AE4054C955EF855A0717C954D6B41E9BA9C0AC8.aspx

[Joseph Camaioni]

Thanks for the timely update to this thread. But on the Gzip input stream, I do not see gunzip function on the page. Does the Inflator object just automatically recognize the file? By internal read of the file regardless of extension, or by the user assigned extension in the name, I am wondering?