Is it possible for vb to extract files from tar(and put them back)? I found this but it says that
Dim tar As New ChilkatTar <<<< ChilkatTar does not exist
I am trying to edit one xml file(which is not compressed) but if i do that with notepad, the tar becomes corrupt
ChilkatTar is a commercial component that you’d need to purchase, you can find it here:
7-zip supports unpacking and packing TAR files and is free so you could probably execute the command line version of it from your app to do the packing/unpacking.
It is also open-source, so you might even be able to copy the source into a library to use from your own application if you prefer, assuming that its license is compatible with your needs.