Re: "DF" output

Joe - That is just the thing, other commands (ls, df, du, cat..etc) work fine. The fact that it the 'top' works on command line, but not in the browser initially led me to believe that it had something to do with the escape characters, after using 'sed' to remove those, I still have nothing however. Very strange issue. On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Joe Brown wrote: > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:30:11 -0500 > From: Joe Brown <joebrown@somewhere.com> > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] "DF" output > > heh, > dunno, maybe the $PATH environment var doesn't include /sbin or /usr/sbin. > > Test w 'ls' see if you can get a directory listing, at least? > > "Steven Shepherd" <steven@gate.net> wrote in message > news:Pine.A41.4.21.0103271517320.52974-100000@inca.gate.net... > > 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?! :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >