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If a 'CreatePack(0,file$,#PB_PackerPlugin_Tar,9)' is used, then it does not compress, it onli does with '#PB_PackerPlugin_Tar|#PB_Packer_Gzip' or '#PB_PackerPlugin_Tar|#PB_Packer_Bzip2' flags.
I guess it is a fault in the manual which says:

#PB_PackerPlugin_Tar : use the Tar packer to create the pack file. UseTarPacker() has to be called to register the plugin.
It can be combined with #PB_Packer_Gzip or #PB_Packer_Bzip2 to create compressed tar archive.

Looks like the 'can' word must be 'must'.

Besides of it, even used with some of the correct flags, the function UncompressMemory() returns 0 after being compressed the memory with the same flags.

A tar file is not compressed

If you use you get a normal tar file without compression.

If you want a gzipped compressed tar archive you need tgz is short for tar.gz

if you want a bzip2 compressed tar archive you need tbz is short for tar.bz2

So 'can' is correct.

Thanks. Will see if it works as expected
But why the hell there is not available a function CompressMemory() for Tar ?
I've got to rack my brains to do something that does it, workarounds.