Re: problems with exec()

Think he's not getting an general error - just didn't read the manual concerning the return value of exec. kind regards jan Juanjo Pascual wrote:

What is the safe_mode value in your php.ini? To run exec the value of your safe_mode has to be OFF. admin@ensifex.nl escribió:

Try exec('/path/to/copy', $return); print_r($return); read the manual : http://nl3.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php Description string exec ( string command [, array &output [, int &return_var]] ) gr, Thijs On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:22:13 -0700, "Ray" <ray@media32.ca> wrote:

hello; I am trying to write a script to do some auto configuration of my webserver. Part of the process involves copying some configuration files from other places on the server to a working directory where they can be modified. I am running freeBSD 6.0, Apache 2.2.3, php 5.1.5 I can't seem to get the exec() command to work. I have an external shell script called 'copy' that takes care of getting files. script is currently set to mode 777 when run from the shell it works perfectly. however, in the php script echo exec('whoami'); exec('/path/to/copy'); the only return is 'www' (the username correctly returned from whoami) also files aren't changed. any suggestions, pointers, log files to check would be appreciated as I have spent several hours on google, in manuals, etc. haven't tried the ougi board, but that's about it ;-) tia Ray -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php