## Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Søren Hauberg
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} untar (@var{tarfile})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} untar (@var{tarfile}, @var{dir})
## Unpack the TAR archive @var{tarfile} to the directory @var{dir}.
## If @var{dir} is not specified, it defaults to the current directory.
## @seealso{tar, unpack, bunzip2, gunzip, unzip}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Søren Hauberg <hauberg@gmail.com>
## Adapted-By: jwe, Bill Denney

function varargout = untar (tarfile, dir = ".")

  if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (nargout > 0)
    varargout = cell (1, nargout);
    [varargout{:}] = unpack (tarfile, dir, mfilename ());
  else
    unpack (tarfile, dir, mfilename ());
  endif

endfunction