note 42138 added to function.exec

After tearing my hair out for eight hours, I finally figured out how to untar a file (yes, I know about fopen and sockets). You need to specify /bin/sh -c "command". For example: <?php exec('/bin/sh -c "/bin/tar -xzf /tmp/'.$filename.' install/desc-file install/info-file install/deps-file"'); ?> Note the quotes around the real command. Hope this helps somebody, --Taj ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+42138 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+42138&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+42138&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php