Upload *.zip via FTP and unzip it. How?

Upload *.zip via FTP and unzip it. How?

Hi.
I would like to upload the zipped file via FTP on my hoster's web server.
Then I unzip it. It is to do with time-saving and efficient upload.
Currently I'm using Dreamweaver to upload files.

But I don't know how to unzip a file on a web server.
How to do, or any programs which can help me to do so?

Thanks.

PS:
About my web server:
Operating system Linux
Kernel version 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp
Machine Type i686
Apache version 1.3.33 (Unix)
PERL version 5.8.6
PHP version 4.4.0
MySQL version 4.0.25-standard
cPanel Build 10.6.0-CURRENT 157
Theme cPanel X v2.5.0

 

I believe you will have to have command line access such as through an SSH port--

Try putty

 

You could write a php script which unzips the file to a specific directory...

 

How to write?
I know nothing about php.

 

I'm using cPanel / Fantasico.
Not sure if there's any SSH port.

 

I have a cgi / perl that can uncompress your zip file.

 

Care to display the code?

 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Archive::Zip qw( :ERROR_CODES :CONSTANTS );
use CGI qw/:standard/;

print header;
print start_html(
-title=>'Rozpakuj',
-author=>'Tomecki',
);




print h1({-align=>'center'},'Rozpakuj');
print '<center>';

print startform(
-method=>GET);

print textfield(
-name=>'katalog',
-default=>'wpisz katalog',
-size=>50,
-maxlength=>80);
print br;
print submit(
-name=>'submit',
-value=>'Wyslij');
print '</center>';
print endform;

if (param('submit')) {

$katalog=param('katalog');
my $ofile = "\.\.\/$katalog\/gotowe.zip";

# extract a zip file

$zip = Archive::Zip->new();
die 'Error reading zip file.' if $zip->read( $ofile ) != AZ_OK;
my @members = $zip->members();
@a= $zip->memberNames();
$m=0;
foreach $element(@members)
{
$zip->extractMember($element, "\.\.\/$katalog\/$a[$m]");
$m++;
}
print "Done!";
}

print end_html;


You should use zip file named "gotowe.zip" and put it in certain directory and write this directory to the field.

 

Look on your Cpanel. It should have an option to connect by SSH via web.

But keep in mind that you should know how to use unix commands to uncompress the file.

 

Thanks for your script!

 

I believe you are using site5 as your webhost.
If this is the case you can ask the support to enable shell access. afterwards you will just have to unzip the file inside the directory after uploading it using dreamweaver if you wish.

gunzip filename.tar.gz
tar -xvvf filename.tar

and that's it

 

and that was my 100th post

 

Got telnet access??? Log in as your site admin, go to the directory with the zip file where you want to unzip it and enter

unzip file.zip

No need for a script!

DON'T DO THIS AS su root!!!! Do that and you won't have very fun updating the files through ftp, since you don't log in as root on ftp!!!!

 

Where do I type these 2 lines?

 

Congratulations!
However I'll catch you up soon.

 

I don't know.
I have to check.

 

you will write them in an ssh client (putty for instance) but first you have to ask the admins to enable shell access (I am assuming your webhost is site5). if this is the case, go to the NetAdmin panel, in the advanced tools tab you will find (Get shell access)
hope this helps

 

Thanks. I will ask the moderator about that.

 

I believe cpanel has a file manager and after upload you can uncompress the file there.

 

yup ! you can definitely do that