Re: problem with exec

> exec("perl /usr/local/apache/htdocs/mlm/test/check1.pl &"); exec("..., $results, $errorcode); echo implode("<BR>\n", $results); if ($errorcode){ echo "OS Error $errorcode. Usually path/permissions. Use 'man erno' to be sure"); } >_____________________________ > >#!/usr/bin/perl - > >use POSIX qw(strftime); >$Date=POSIX::strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M", localtime); >system("pg_dump -S postgres -f testUDdb >>/usr/local/apache/htdocs/mlm/admin/backup/".$Date."backup"); The other poster is quite correct that it's kinda silly to fire up a shell to fire up perl to fire up pg_dump. You can at least cut out the Perl part. :-) And, actually, you should probably be doing this as part of a cron job rather than relying on frail humans to remember to click the button once in awhile :-) -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm