tar_create()

 
Creates a compressed Unix style tar file.
Syntax
tar_create( file, file_loc, dir, dir_loc, flags )
Return 1 on success 0 on failure
  • file = target output file
  • location = location of the output file - 'data' or 'script'
  • dir = source directory to create a tarball of
  • dir_loc = location of the source file - 'data' or 'script' defaulting to data
  • flags = may be an empty string or 'compress' which will cause the output .tar file to be bzip2 encoded.
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