Untar File?

[Megagix]

Hello,

I just got a new host for my site and I uploaded a 5+MB compressed Tar File with all my old content to the new server and now it seems I can't untar it. My host said I could probably use some type of script to untar it... so, does anyone know of a script to do this or think they could help me?

Thank you for your time!
-Jason

[Spookster]

I assume your host is running Linux. Your host should give you shell access to your account then you can untar the file from the command line.

You can do it using PHP by using the system() function which you can use to call the Linux untar command. It would be easier though to just have shell access.

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.system.php

[bcarl314]

$> tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz