Re: using tar to untar a file into a certain dir... In php of course

Try just specifying the path.... system("tar -xvf /home/httpd/html/file.tar /home/httpd/html/filedirectory/."); Let me know if this helps. Brian Drexler ----- Original Message ----- From: Brandon Orther <brandon@webintellects.com> To: PHP User Group <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 7:10 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] using tar to untar a file into a certain dir... In php of course > Hello, > > I can't seem to get cd to work while using system???? I even use the whole > root path. > > Anyone got any ideas? > > Thank you, > > -------------------------------------------- > Brandon Orther > WebIntellects Design/Development Manager > brandon@webintellects.com > 800-994-6364 > www.webintellects.com > -------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Javier Muniz [mailto:JavierM@corp.granicus.com] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 2:48 PM > To: 'DanO'; Brandon Orther; PHP User Group > Subject: RE: [PHP] using tar to untar a file into a certain dir... In > php of course > > > Don't calls to system() live within their own shell and environment? If so > you may need to: > > system("cd /destination/dir && tar -xpf /some/path/to/tarfile.tar"); > > this will also insure that if the cd fails for some reason, tar will not > execute. > > -jm > > -----Original Message----- > From: DanO [mailto:dano@informano.net] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 2:34 PM > To: Brandon Orther; PHP User Group > Subject: RE: [PHP] using tar to untar a file into a certain dir... In > php of course > > > > good point. i should think before i post. > > here is another go: > > <? > chdir("destination"); > system("tar -xpf /some/path/to/mytar.tar"); > ?> > > i can't test this as i am on a windows box at the moment, but i think you > can get the gist of it. > > change the working directory of php and then extract from another file. > > DanO > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brandon Orther [mailto:brandon@webintellects.com] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 2:16 PM > To: PHP User Group > Subject: FW: [PHP] using tar to untar a file into a certain dir... In > php of course > > > From: Brandon Orther [mailto:brandon@webintellects.com] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 2:07 PM > To: DanO > Subject: RE: [PHP] using tar to untar a file into a certain dir... In > php of course > > > That just untars it into the current dir the php script is in. > > -----Original Message----- > From: DanO [mailto:dano@informano.net] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:58 PM > To: PHP User Group > Subject: RE: [PHP] using tar to untar a file into a certain dir... In > php of course > > > > have you tried: > > mv mytar.tar /my/path/to/dir/; tar -xpf /my/path/to/dir/mytar.tar > > this should work, but there may be a more direct unix-y way to do it. > > DanO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brandon Orther [mailto:brandon@webintellects.com] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:49 PM > To: PHP User Group > Subject: [PHP] using tar to untar a file into a certain dir... In php of > course > > > Hello, > > I am making a php file that untars files. What I can't seem to figure out > is how to untar a file into another folder. I have tried: > > tar -xpf file.tar /new/folder/* > > & and & > > tar -xpf file.tar /new/folder/ > > > does anyone know how to do this? > > Thank you, > > -------------------------------------------- > Brandon Orther > WebIntellects Design/Development Manager > brandon@webintellects.com > 800-994-6364 > www.webintellects.com > -------------------------------------------- > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net