Re: [PHP] Question about using system call/gzip
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 16:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Gzip only compresses single files? > > So what if I want to compress a directory and have it download when a > page is accessed? > > I thought gzip would allow this. To compress a specified directory > when page.php is accessed. This is confusing. I tried the zend.com > articles, too confusing to grasp. I am a bit confused > > Thanks for your time, I appreciate it Hmm, think I spoke too soon. It appears that you can concatenate several files into one gzipped file - have a look at man gzip. Tarring and zipping is a common way of doing this, however. (Not tarring and feathering, usually reserved for those who give wrong advice...) -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA I'm at the corner of Walk and Don't Walk. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Question about using system call/gzip
Gzip only compresses single files? So what if I want to compress a directory and have it download when a page is accessed? I thought gzip would allow this. To compress a specified directory when page.php is accessed. This is confusing. I tried the zend.com articles, too confusing to grasp. I am a bit confused Thanks for your time, I appreciate it
Re: [PHP] Question about using system call/gzip
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 16:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. I just want to confirm that if I use a system call to > execute gzip, so I can zip a directory, the file can be > decompressed by windows users > > for example, if I visit > bleh.php and it compresses a directory /directory > will that file that it creates, which I download, be > able to be unpacked using a 'winzip' for example on a windows machine? > > Please insert "Yes" :) > > Thanks > > Joel Presumably you mean tar and gzip, because gzip only compresses single files; in which case the answer is a qualified 'yes' - qualified because earlier versions of Winzip (and no, I don't remember when it changed) don't do compressed tar files. I believe this info is also on the Winzip site. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
