Re: exec

On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, ReDucTor wrote: > you use > > exec("cmd /c c:\\mydir\\unzip myfile.zip -d c:\\mydir\\mydata"); This fails with Unable to fork If I use it without cmd /c then it unzips but it hangs. I have tried to execute this line through the Run window. the one with cmd /c says "Cannot find the file 'cmd' or one of its components. Without cmd c/ executes OK but dos window opens and stays open. thgis is I guess why my script hangs. What would be a windows command to close a dos window? I have found exec(exit(0)); but this didn't help. Ajdin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "AJDIN BRANDIC" <abrandic@coventry.ac.uk> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 2:12 AM > Subject: [PHP] exec > > > > Hi > > > > I am trying to use exec command (php4 + Win98 + apache). > > > > exec('c:\mydir\unzip myfile.zip -d c:\mydir\mydata\'); > > > > I executes without errors but nothing is unzipped. When I run the same > > command from the dos prompt it unzips OK. c:\mydir and mydata are > > outside the httpdocs directory! > > > > I have over 300 .zip files which all contain a .mdb file with same table > > structure and same name. I wrote script that will read all of them (one > > by one) but wish to automate the unzipping process. > > > > Any ideas. > > > > Ajdin > > > > -- > > 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 >