Re: Unix command in PHP

Hi Chris! On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Chris Aitken wrote: > At 04:22 PM 23/11/2000, Teodor Cimpoesu wrote: > >Hi Nicolas! > >On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Nicolas Windpassinger - Sun wrote: > > > > > hello all, > > > > > > does any body know how to do a UNIX command in a PHP script like: > > > > > > usr/ccs/bin/sccs prs -d ??? > >see system() and exec() function in the manual. > > > > I have a bit of a question about this. I have used both these commands to > execute a unix command/program and have run into a problem. > > Im trying to launch the app minicom with a few flags to get minicom to run > using a script file. From the command line, the command works perfectly and > it executes the script and exits the prog like a charm. But when I launch > it from a PHP script, because the program physically outputs in a > structured screen manner, it gets itself into a massive loop, starts > chewing up CPU cycles going right up to 99% until I kill the app. Well, does minicom have any non-interactive functionality? If not try using other commands that run non interactive like `chat'. -- teodor