DeCompressFile

DeCompressFile decompress a file that was compressed by CompressFile.

bool = DeCompressFile(ssFilename)

bool = DeCompressFile(ssFilename, ssFilenameOut)

Return Value

bool is TRUE (1) if the copy could be created, otherwise FALSE (0).

Parameters

ssFilename

ssFilename is the filename without the extension.

If DeCompressFile() is invoked with one parameter, ssFilename is the file name without extension. The file must have the extension .z.

If DeCompressFile() is invoked with two parameters, ssFilename must be the complete file name with extension.

ssFilenameOut

ssFilenameOut is the name of the decompressed file.

Comment

This function uses the zlib-Library (http://www.gzip.org/zlib/). Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.

Example

The following function call decompresses the file d:\Test.dat.Z. The file d:\Test.dat will be created.

DeCompressFile("d:\Test.dat")

The following call uncompresses the file d:\Test.tar.gz. The file Test.tar is created.

DeCompressFile("d:\Test.tar.gz", "d:\Test.tar")

History

Version	Description
5.14.0	Invokation with two parameters added.
3.0	New.

See also

File Compression, CompressFile, mem_compress

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