Re: exec returns no output?

* and then Ray Hauge declared.... > On Saturday 30 September 2006 7:22 am, Nick Wilson wrote: > > hi all, > > > > i've searched and racked my brains, checked config files and all sorts > > but cannot work out why the following command would give me an empty > > array (and certainly not actually perform the requested command...) > > > > exec('scp -v -i /id_dsa file.txt user@server.com:/target/dir/', $argh); > > print_r($argh); > > > > I can only surmise there is some setting todo with ssh/scp that im > > unaware of? > > > > any ideas welcomed, thanks! > > -- > > Nick Wilson > > http://performancing.com/user/1 > > Do you use generated keys without a password for logging in? Otherwise exec() > is just going to sit there while the scp command waits for a password. Tha'ts exactly what i think it's doing. The -i specifies an identity file according to the man page for scp so i would have hoped that would take care of it (as i cant work out how to generate an identity for the apache user itself) but i guess it is doing exactly as you say.. -- Nick Wilson http://performancing.com/user/1