Re: "DF" output

Brad, Thanks for the response. Either method they both work via command line. Neither of them work in the browser. On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Brad S. Jackson wrote: > > Try $top = top n 1 b | head -8 | sed 's/[\$|^M]//g'; > > In my experience, you can't use | in exec calls, you have to use the back tick > method. > > > Steven Shepherd <steven@gate.net> wrote: > Bad example (changed to ps and it works actually..but i dont want 'ps', I > want 'top'). Ran top using su to the user 'www' from the command line and > was able to run it fine. > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Joe Brown wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 12:35:08 -0500 > > From: Joe Brown <joebrown@somewhere.com> > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] "DF" output > > > > nobody has execute permission on ps? > > > > Probably quite the opposite, your webserver user doesn't have execute > > permission on ps, so there is no execution or return value. > > > > "Steven Shepherd" <steven@gate.net> wrote in message > > > > news:Pine.A41.4.21.0103271214080.47822-100000@inca.gate.net... > > > I am writing a script, actually modifying PhPSysInfo to include the top > > > processes used on a machine. So far, no matter what I do, I can only get > > > it to work via the command line. I get a blank screen when trying it via > > > the browser: > > > > > > Tried this: > > > > > > <?php > > > $data = ps auxwww; echo nl2br($data); > > > ?> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > and this: > > > > > > <TT> > > > <PRE> > > > <?php > > > exec("/usr/bin/top n 1 b | head -8 | sed 's/[\$|^M]//g'", $top); > > > while (list(,$line) = each($top)){ > > > echo $line, "<BR>\n"; > > > } > > > ?> > > > </PRE> > > > </TT> > > > > > > I used sed to remove control characters..etc. Again, both examples above > > > work via the command line, but not via a browser. User "www" is able to > > > run this command as well, so it's not permissions. Help?! :) > > > > > > > > > -- > > >