Bug #8652 Updated: exec and system always return -1

ID: 8652 Updated by: sniper Reported By: simon.king@pipinghotnetworks.com Old-Status: Duplicate Status: Closed Bug Type: Program Execution Operating system: PHP Version: 4.0.4 Assigned To: Comments: Fixed in CVs. --Jani Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-15 08:45:10] cynic@php.net duplicate of #8466 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-11 07:31:37] simon.king@pipinghotnetworks.com <? function run_command($command, $errmsg) { $lastline = exec("$command 2>&1", &$lines, $rc); if ($rc) { print("<pre>n"); print("$errmsgnn"); print("Command : $commandnReturned : $rcnOutputn------n"); print(join("n", $lines)."nn"); } return($rc); } $rc = run_command("/bin/uname -a", "Uname Failed!"); print("rc now = $rc"); ?> All the commands that I have tested (uname is just an example) have returned -1 as the return code, even though the command has executed perfectly well. I get the same error if I use system instead of exec. I cannot see how else to run a command and check to see whether it failed or not. I am using PHP RPMS downloaded from http://rpms.arvin.dk/php/ but this does not seem like a packaging error, so I am reporting it here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION! Do NOT reply to this email! To reply, use the web interface found at http://bugs.php.net/?id=8652&edit=2