tar

[Anon]

How do we exec tar in php?
my code is
exec(\"/bin/tar -xf /folder/with/file.tar\")
But it comes out nothing. Then I tried to write
$tarf = \"/bin/tar -xf\"
exec(\"$tarf /folder/with/file.tar\")
it also failed.
So please could anyone help me about it? thanks.

[[deleted]]

does the webserver have permission to write in /folder/with/?

[Anon]

I think the webserver do have the permission.
Actually, what i want to do is to upload a .tar file and untar it at the same time.
$temp=$HTTP_POST_FILES['file']['tmp_name']
if ($file)
copy($temp, "/sid/htdocs/temp/upload.tar");
//since now, every thing is fine. The file is successfully uploaded.
exec("/bin/tar -xf /sid/htdocs/temp/upload.tar");
// the exec part seems not working at all
so, I really don't know what's wrong with it.

[Anon]

Maybe the file is not uploaded, or not uploaded correctly ?

/Staffan

[Anon]

The file is uploaded and saved as a name called upload.tar under the directory "/sid/htdocs/temp", but what do you mean "it may not uploaded well"?