Decompress .tar File With .php

[dlebowski]

I know there is a way to automatically decompress a .zip file with php, is there a way for me to upload a .tar file to a directory and have .php decompress it's contents automatically?  Thanks for helping me out.

 

Ryan

[The Little Guy]

php function:

http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

 

and these commands may work:

http://fantata.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-compress-and-decompress-tar-and.html