Guess what worked though,
`cd $in{'destination'}`;
`tar -zxvf $in{'destination'}/$filename`;
But you are right, I found a sweet module on cpan called Tar Archive, Tar.pm, I love the faqt that you wouldn't be using the system, just for what I'm doing I can't use it, this is an install script so you're supposed to put this thing on all kinds of different servers.
Thanks,
Tony "Java?? Umm, I think that's the stuff I drink while I'm coding perl."