note 24813 added to function.system

How can I get a system command to work through a PHP shell script like a cvs ci using vi as it's editor? ----- #!/bin/php <?php ... cvs updates, create log > CHANGELOG for cvs modules ... exec('cvs ci'); ... tar, gzip, mv cvs modules ... ?> ----- After the exec('cvs ci') or passthru or whatever system operation is used I receive the following error: cannon@modwest:/htdocs/www$ ./ct.php X-Powered-By: PHP/4.2.2 Content-type: text/html cd /htdocs/www ./cvs.sh cb_common cvs log: Logging . cvs update: Updating . cvs commit: Examining . Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal Ctrl-Z [1]+ Stopped ./ct.php cannon@modwest:/htdocs/www$ exit logout There are stopped jobs. cannon@modwest:/htdocs/www$ I simply would like to add the cvs checkin messages on the fly as my script file says hey, I've made changes what log message do you want to enter? Am I missing the point of the STDOUT and STDERR notes of above? Thanks for any ideas and solutions, Cheers, Michael -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.system.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+24813 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+24813 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+24813