Re: Tailing a log file {!?}

I have PHP's safe mode enabled, can't use backticks. And no I can't disable it, I'm hosting a few hundred sites =) I looked up "return_var" in the manual and got nothing, had a read of return() but don't quite understand how that would benefit what's happening. Could you please give an example? Thanks! Liam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.com.hk> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Tailing a log file {!?} On Saturday 04 May 2002 16:25, Liam MacKenzie wrote: > $cmd = exec("tail -n $len /www/hosting/domains/lanolot/logs/$open", > $result); > > echo "$cmd"; > > Still returns nothing under the top text. > > All log files are chmodded 644 and are owned by the web server. > The paths to the files are correct. That's not what I meant by 'return_var', check the manual. > I've run out of ideas =( I prefer something simpler than exec(), try: $output = tail -n $len /www/hosting/domains/lanolot/logs/$open; echo $output; -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* This fortune is inoperative. Please try another. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php