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looking for a way to unpack a file from .tar and 'gz' archive

  • June 12, 2018
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i am able to download a .TAR file, which contains a .GZ file, which in turn contains multiple .grb2 file (with no extension). i am needing to get these files into a directory and add in the ".grb" extension.

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takashi
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  • June 13, 2018

Hi @dlindner01, FME itself doesn't have a functionality to unpack tar/gz archives. However, if you install 7-Zip into your machine (assuming that your platform is Windows), you can unpack them using that through the SystemCaller transformer.

See also this relevant Q&A;: Can I read shape files dat are gzipped (.gz)?


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  • June 14, 2018

Hi @dlindner01, FME itself doesn't have a functionality to unpack tar/gz archives. However, if you install 7-Zip into your machine (assuming that your platform is Windows), you can unpack them using that through the SystemCaller transformer.

See also this relevant Q&A;: Can I read shape files dat are gzipped (.gz)?

Great, Thank you! i will investigate and hopefully this is what i am looking for.