problem with .tgz backup of my site

[dirTdogE]

i am using the following to backup my site-

system('tar --create --preserve-permissions --gzip --file=files/'.$saveAs.'.tgz --exclude ~/public/functions/maintenance/backup/files ~/public');

the problem is that when i decompress the backup, all the text files lose their proper returns when i open them in notepad. instead they have those funky standing rectangle everywhere a return would be.

does anyone know why this is happening and how i can fix it?

thanks.

[NogDog]

I'm not aware of any reason why tar would change the line endings. However, I think some FTP programs may change the Win/DOS CRLF line endings to the UNIX LF line endings when transferring to a UNIX/Linux system (and if the applicable config option is in effect). In any case, if you open up the files in a "real" text editor other than Notepad, it really won't matter which line-ending scheme is used. (Even WordPad deals with them OK, though you have to careful when saving from WordPad that you save the files as plain text files and not as RTF files.)