Re: Archive_Tar class anyone?

Hi Vincent, Zip has really bad compression compared to gzip, which PHP already supports. That's why I suggested a tar class: to have a format that only archives and put the existing compression on top. - Stig ["Vincent Blavet" <vincent@blavet.net>] > Hello, > > I receive a mail from Bertrand. I reply directly to him, but didn't know if > he receive it. > Bertrand is true, I develop the tar stuff in a specific library (PclTar) > that is used by a script/application named PhpZip. > I think I can extract the tar code in order to create an independant script > or class if it can help you. However as I told to Bertrand I'm not used with > the way of working of PEAR project ... > I didn't use CVS, didn't know who publish the code, and so on ... :-( > If you can give me the minimum starting package (links, infos, ...) to know > what to do it will be great (any volunteer to be a mentor ??) > > Thanks for your help, > > Vincent > > > "Bertrand Mansion" <bmansion@mamasam.com> wrote in message > news:B78EF134.361C%bmansion@mamasam.com... > le 2/08/01 10:40, Chris Lambert - WhiteCrown Networks à chris@whitecrown.net > a écrit : > > > I think there was a zip port in PHP a while back. I never got around to > > picking through the source code, as most of it (and the documentation) was > > in French. > > > > http://phpconcept.free.fr/index.en.php3 > > I sent a mail to Vincent (the author) in order to know what he thinks about > it. Unfortunately his PHPZip relies on external libraries he made. I have > asked him if he feels like putting all tar stuff in a PHP script. > > I am waiting for his reply... > > Bertrand Mansion > Mamasam > > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: pear-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: pear-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@fast.no> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway