Re: Archive_Tar class anyone?

Doesn't PHP's gzip compression require the zlib library? My experience is that only about 10% of servers have this module installed... /* Chris Lambert, CTO - chris@whitecrown.net WhiteCrown Networks - More Than White Hats Web Application Security - www.whitecrown.net */ ----- Original Message ----- From: Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@alltheweb.com> To: Vincent Blavet <vincent@blavet.net> Cc: <pear-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 3:31 AM Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] 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 | | -- | 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 | | |