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Created January 15, 2015 10:29
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Compress Files on your host if you don't have cpanel or ssh
<?php
$time_stamp=time();
/*
* Set $archive and $directory path accordinging to your host
*/
$archive = "../tmp/backup_{$time_stamp}.tar";
$directory = "../html/";
print "starting...";
exec( "tar cf $archive $directory 2>&1 ",$retArr, $retVal);
// print_r($retArr);
// print_r($retVal);
exec( "gzip $archive 2>&1",$retArr, $retVal);
// print_r($retArr);
// print_r($retVal);
print "Done.";
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