Preserved Topic: ftp question... (Page 1 of 1)

does anybody know if its possible to extract a tar gz file through ftp?? For example if I upload a tarfile on my hosted website, is it possible to extract it through ftp.?? I'm stumped...

I don't think so. Generally you are only allowed the commands specific to the ftp server software so there may be some versions that allow this.

Is there some reason you can't unzip it locally and then upload the directory? (Winzip will unpack tarballs)



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Why not gunzip and tar it at the server?

that all relies that you can get access to the server viol. If you purchase yiour server space from a provioder, then you're screwed for that idea

Why don't you just download the tar.gz from the server and extract it offline? PowerArchiver can assist you in that procedure.

Uhmmm, my web hoster allows me to use a program named Putty that allows me to connect in an SSH mode and then I can work in the server with no problems.
But I guess not every web hoster allows this...

you cant execute unix commands (i.e. gunzip) via ftp. you need shell or telnet access.
a possibility is to extract the files locally with winrar or powerarchiver like ramsay said or maybe you can write a serverside script that executes unix commands to extract the archive, though im not sure if this will work.