NAnt SDK Documentation - v0.92 |

# UnTarTask Class

Extracts files from a tar archive.

For a list of all members of this type, see UnTarTask Members.

System.Object
NAnt.Core.Element
NAnt.Core.Task
NAnt.Compression.Tasks.ExpandBaseTask
NAnt.Compression.Tasks.UnTarTask

[Visual Basic]
<TaskName(Name:="untar")>
Public Class UnTarTask
Inherits ExpandBaseTask
[C#]
[TaskName(Name="untar")]
public class UnTarTask : ExpandBaseTask

#### Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.

#### Remarks

Uses #ziplib (SharpZipLib), an open source Zip/GZip library written entirely in C#.

#### Example

Extracts all files from a gzipped tar, preserving the directory structure.

    <untar src="nant-bin.tar.gz" dest="bin" compression="gzip" />

#### Requirements

Namespace: NAnt.Compression.Tasks

Assembly: NAnt.CompressionTasks (in NAnt.CompressionTasks.dll)

#### See Also

UnTarTask Members | NAnt.Compression.Tasks Namespace