Re: exec('make') Q

On Mon, January 22, 2007 5:45 pm, james@jwm-art.net wrote: > Here's a simple makefile I want PHP's exec to execute make on: > > KEYLIST := keylist.txt > DEPS := $(wildcard *.txt) > FILES := *.txt > > $(KEYLIST): $(DEPS) > grep ^keywords $(FILES) > $@ > > now when I use make from command line, it works as expected, > the keylist.txt file is created. however, when I use PHP exec > to run make on the makefile, the keylist.txt file is not generated. > > * if keylist.txt does not need updating, PHP exec make works, > make says keylist.txt is up to date. > * if i remove redirection, PHP exec make shows that grep is > making the same matches as make from commandline. > > Why does the redirection of the grep command (within the makefile) > only work when I execute make from the commandline but not from > PHP exec||shell_exec? > > One sollution is to abandon redirection and get the output from > grep into a string and then get PHP to create keylist.txt, but > why do that? When your web-server runs PHP, it is NOT running as 'you' It is running as a different user with different permissions. Almost for sure, that user does not have permission to create files in that directory. This would exactly match the description you gave. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?