Re: Program execution stops at exec()

note: i think the exec in your php waits for the shell to return, but before the shell can answer, php terminates the script, because of the max_exection. Michael "Michael Virnstein" <michael.virnstein@web.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20020524162712.70617.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > check your max_execution_time settings in php.ini > > Michael > > "Tom Mikulecky" <tm@caldera.fr> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:3CEE4260.7DC9C044@caldera.fr... > > Hello > > > > In one script I use exec() to execute a shell script which takes 2-3 > > hours to run. I disabled user abort and set time limit to more than one > > day. The shell script finishes well but no instruction after exec() is > > run. The script finishes with no error nor warnings. > > Some of you know hwat happens? > > Thanx in advance. > > > > Tom > > > > Code snaps: > > > > > > ignore_user_abort(1); > > > > set_time_limit(100000); > > > > (...) > > > > exec('/home/tom/build.sh >ouput 2>errlog'); //takes 3 hours to > complete > > > > // *** Nothing from here gets executed, 'build.sh' script completed with > succes *** > > > > (...) > > > > I'm using php 4.0.4pl1(can't upgrade) with Apache 1.3.19 on Mandrake > > > >