Call exec is not good, because you are executing other program, instead of that you should use some PHP program, take a look here
http://www.phpclasses.org/search.html?words=tar&x=0&y=0&go_search=1 On 04/12/2007, Daniel Brown < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2007 10:05 PM, Shelley Shyan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > It may not be a php question, but I want to get the filename lists that > a .tar.gz file contains and give it to an array. > > How can I manage that? > > > > Thank you very much for your consideration. > > > > Regards, > > Shelley > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > If you're on Linux/BSD/Unix/MacOS or Cygwin on Windows, this should > work: > > <?php > $tar_gz_file = " filename.tar.gz"; // Replace this with the actual > filename. > exec('tar -ztf '.$tar_gz_file,$ret); > print_r($ret); > ?> > > > -- > Daniel P. Brown > [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 > [mobile] (570-) 766-8107 > > If at first you don't succeed, stick to what you know best so that you > can make enough money to pay someone else to do it for you. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/ ) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Best Regards Cesar D. Rodas www.cesarodas.com www.thyphp.com www.phpajax.org Phone: +595-961-974165 -- Best Regards Cesar D. Rodas http://www.cesarodas.com http://www.thyphp.com http://www.phpajax.org Phone: +595-961-974165
