diff --git a/filesystem/Archive.php b/filesystem/Archive.php
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+<?php
+
+abstract class Archive extends Object {
+	static function open($filename) {
+		if(substr($filename, strlen($filename) - strlen('.tar.gz')) == '.tar.gz' ||
+			substr($filename, strlen($filename) - strlen('.tar.bz2')) == '.tar.bz2' ||
+			substr($filename, strlen($filename) - strlen('.tar')) == '.tar') {
+				return new TarballArchive($filename);
+			}
+	}
+	
+	function extractTo($destination, $entries = null) {
+	}
+	
+	function listing($path) {
+	}
+}
+
+?>
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diff --git a/filesystem/TarballArchive.php b/filesystem/TarballArchive.php
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+<?php
+
+class TarballArchive extends Archive {
+	private $filename = '';
+	private $compressionModifiers = '';
+	
+
+	function __construct($filename) {
+		$this->filename = $filename;
+		
+		if(substr($filename, strlen($filename) - strlen('.gz')) == '.gz' ||
+			substr($filename, strlen($filename) - strlen('.tgz')) == '.tgz') {
+			$this->compressionModifiers = 'z';	
+		} else if(substr($filename, strlen($filename) - strlen('.bz2')) == '.bz2') {
+			$compressionModifiers = 'j';
+		}
+	}
+	
+	function listing() {
+		// Call tar on the command line to get the info we need
+		$command = "tar -tv{$this->compressionModifiers}f ../$this->filename";
+		$consoleList = `$command`;
+		
+		$listing = array();
+		// Seperate into an array of lines
+		$listItems = explode("\n", $consoleList);
+		
+		foreach($listItems as $listItem) {
+			// The path is the last thing on the line
+			$fullpath = substr($listItem, strrpos($listItem, ' ') + 1);
+			$path = explode('/', $fullpath);
+			$item = array();
+			
+			// The first part of the line is the permissions - the first character will be d if it is a directory
+			$item['type'] = (substr($listItem, 0, 1) == 'd') ? 'directory' : 'file';
+			if($item['type'] == 'directory') {
+				$item['listing'] = array();
+				// If it's a directory, the path will have a slash on the end, so get rid of it.
+				array_pop($path);
+			}
+			
+			// The name of the file/directory is the last item on the path
+			$name = array_pop($path);
+			if($name == '') {
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			$item['path'] = implode('/', $path);
+			
+			// Put the item in the right place
+			$dest = &$listing;
+			foreach($path as $folder) {
+				// If the directory doesn't exist, create it
+				if(!isset($dest[$folder])) {
+					$dest[$folder] = array();
+					$dest[$folder]['listing'] = array();
+					$dest[$folder]['type'] = 'directory';
+				}
+				$dest = &$dest[$folder]['listing'];
+			}
+			
+			// If this is a directory and it's listing has already been created, copy the the listing
+			if($item['type'] == 'directory' && isset($dest[$name]['listing'])) {
+				$item['listing'] = $dest[$name]['listing'];
+			}
+			$dest[$name] = $item;
+		}
+		
+		
+		return $listing;
+	}
+	
+	
+}
+
+?>
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