Re: trouble using system() with lynx outputting to file

Thanks for the help - but it hasn't worked. Actually, just to be sure, I tested the exact command you gave me, and couldn't get any results. I'm currently using the following command: if (!system("TMPDIR=/tmp /usr/bin/lynx -source -mime_header http://{ url goes here }")) { echo "there was an error"; } And the output is: there was an error So something is wrong, but I can't figure out what. Has anyone else tried using lynx via PHP? Thanks, Andrew

When I used lynx to access a web page via an exec call, I had to >do it ike this:

exec("TMPDIR=/tmp /usr/bin/lynx --dump 'http://www.blah.com'");

Try it with that TMPDIR variable and see if it works.

I'm having some trouble running the following function in PHP 4.0.2: system("lynx -source -mime_header http://{some url goes here} > headerfile.txt");

The command runs fine via telnet, but not from within a PHP file which is

called from a webpage. PHP does not produce an error. Does anyone know what could be wrong? _________________________________________________________________________

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