RE: [PHP] execute a perl script

Does apache have permissions to run the perl script? do a chmod 777 perl.pl if it doesn't or a chown (whatever user apache runs on) perl.pl Another thing to check. I'm not sure if exec does bash style processing. did you try exec ("\usr\sbin\perl pathtoperlfile\perl.pl logfile.log 12-10-2000 13-10-2000 >>log.html"); (Replace pathtoperlfile with the path to the perl file) Perl may be in \usr\sbin (mine is). Have a look at the first line of the perl script for the correct path eg the first line. #!\usr\sbin\perl //... perl code -----Original Message----- From: 453110@gmx.de [mailto:453110@gmx.de] Sent: October 31, 2000 03:55 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] execute a perl script how i can execute a perl script. I try some commands like: exec("perl.pl logfile.log 12-10-2000 13-10-2000 >>log.html"); I try the same with system and the other two commands - but no change - Have somebody any Idea ??? matthias -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net