Re: help with exec()...

with exec() I wouldnt assume that all the PATH info is there, just to be sure, use hardcoded paths. exec("/usr/bin/mysqldump > /tmp/somesql.txt", $return); print_r($return); -- Chris Lee lee@mediawaveonline.com "Christian Dechery" <cdechery@easynet.com.br> wrote in message news:5.1.0.14.2.20011005154313.024a7310@pop3.norton.antivirus... > I'm running with some trouble with exec(), system() and it's friends... > > I have a MySQL backup script that somewhere have something like > > $cmd="mysqldump ...... > somefile.sql"; > > if( !fopen("somefile.sql","r") ) { print error message }; > > $cmd is correct... I've copy-pasted it tons of times in the command shell > and it worked... created the 'somefile.sql' and all. But none of the > functions (exec, system..) works. When I use system it outputs me some > header for mysqldump and that's all... > > I've also checked the directory with getcwd()... it is in the right dir to > execute the mysqldump... > > I'm running PHP 4.06 in Apache 1.3.12 in a Win98 machine... > > what might be? >