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hi,
i am runnning a php script where i try to decompress a file and the untar it.
the file in suppose x.tar.gz. so in my php script i call system command
system("gunzip /home/trial/x.tar.gz");
now to untar i use
system("tar xvf /home/trial/x.tar");
now the error creeps in. i am able to decompress the file i.e in /home/trial/x.tar is formed but when i try to untar it the result in shown in the webpage(running the php script) instead of untaring it in the /home/trial folder).
can anyone help?
i am runnning a php script where i try to decompress a file and the untar it.
the file in suppose x.tar.gz. so in my php script i call system command
system("gunzip /home/trial/x.tar.gz");
now to untar i use
system("tar xvf /home/trial/x.tar");
now the error creeps in. i am able to decompress the file i.e in /home/trial/x.tar is formed but when i try to untar it the result in shown in the webpage(running the php script) instead of untaring it in the /home/trial folder).
can anyone help?
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umm.. I am not sure about this. But shouldn't
system("tar xvf /home/trial/x.tar"); be system("tar xvf /home/trial/x.tar.gz"); ? Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
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xvf is for .tar only.
zxvf is for .tar.gz
zxvf is for .tar.gz
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Oh thanks.. Umm.. so the OP should use zxvf since he/she is creating a tar.gz file ?
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creating is czvf for .tar.gz
xzvf - Xtract,Zip,Verbose,File
czvf - Create,Zip,Verbose,File
just man tar
xzvf - Xtract,Zip,Verbose,File
czvf - Create,Zip,Verbose,File
just man tar
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i had done
system("tar zxvf /home/trial/x.tar.gz")
but without much success. if i put this option, it even doesnot produce x.tar file
system("tar zxvf /home/trial/x.tar.gz")
but without much success. if i put this option, it even doesnot produce x.tar file
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try the exec() function
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have already done that without much success. also tried passthru() ...no much success
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