Re: php-cli - Controlling external programs
| From: | Tom Rogers | Date: | Thu, 31 Jul 2003 04:39:21 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: php-cli - Controlling external programs | ||
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Hi,
Thursday, July 31, 2003, 1:53:50 PM, you wrote:
MM> I'm writing a script to be run from the command line. It controls my DAT
MM> autoloader (tape changer) and runs tar so that I can automate my backups.
MM> With the -M option, tar will prompt for a new tape when the current tape is
MM> full. How can I get the signal from tar that the tape needs to be changed?
MM> Is there another way to interact with external programs other than, exec,
MM> backticks, etc.? I'm running 4.3.2-cli on FreeBSD with POSIX and pcntl
MM> functions enabled.
MM> Thanks,
MM> Mike
Maybe this will help
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mtx/
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regards,
Tom