input-output redirection problem...

I'm going crazy with this... my recent posts (crazy exec(), problems with exec(), etc...) describes my problems... I just solved on right now and I'm half way to the complete solution... it's a script to backup and restore a mysql database... it's working beautifully on Win2000... but in Win98 it doesn't... after lots of attempts I figured it is the '>' and '<' in the commands... example of a dump-to-file command: $cmd="mysqldump -h $host --user=$user --password=\"$pass\" --opt --databases $db > $backupFile"; // this doesn't work... (I don't know why) $cmd="mysqldump -h $host --user=$user --password=\"$pass\" --opt --databases --result-file=$backupFile $db"; // this works fine... thanks to the --result-file paramater... now the problem... I can dump the database, I can back it up right? But what about restore? I have something like: $cmd="mysql -h $host --user=$user --password=\"$pass\" --database=$db < $backupFile"; // this works just fine in Win200, but because of this little prob in Win98 it doesn't... so how am I supposed to use 'mysql.exe' to restore a database??? Please help... _________________________________ . Christian Dechery - CTO .. WebDeveloper @ Webstyle! .. http://www.webstyle.com.br .. http://www.tanamesa.com.br