Archive Entire Site?

[Techno Child]

Hey guys.

How could I archive my entire site directory? I do have access to the parent dir, so I could run a php script to archive the folder containing the site. The only problem is, when I put the folder name in place of the file to be zipped - it doesn't archive the contents of the folder. Would I have to list the contents of all folders and sub-folders to be able to archive the entire site?

btw. this is all new to me, I have never used php to zip files before...so it may be one of those "common sense" things.

-tc

 

[LordOfLA]

tar -cjvf /path/to/tarball /path/to/compress

 

[Techno Child]

sorry... I should have been more specific.

The server is remote, and I have no direct command line connection. The script must be entirely php using zlib. Any Ideas?

-tc

 

[LordOfLA]

whats wrong with using exec to run tar?

 

[Techno Child]

Nothing I guess.. I just don't know where tar is located on the server, or even IF it is installed. This is actually for a friend, the site is hosted over at 1and1.

-tc

 

[kcnychief]

1and1 does backups of your sites 24x7 - one thing to be wary of is that with most packages they can only restore from as far back as 24-48 hours. I would contact them for specifics to be sure.

 

[albybum]

1and1 supports SSH connections if you can get the info from your friend.

Tar should be located at /bin/tar

 

[Geffy]

If you have PHP and PEAR then I think you can use the Archive/Tar module.