note 29571 added to function.exec

Please Help - Cannot get exec() executes commands under Windows I am new to PHP and I am running my script on WinXP IIS/5.1 w/ PHP 4.2.x. I have the following code and it does not work whatsoever: <? $command = "cmd /c xcopy I:\\Websites\\*.* \\\\some-pc\\wwwroot\\*.* /E /F /R /Y"; $rtn = exec($command); echo $rtn; //passthru($command); // tried this as well ?> This script spends no time in execution and does not appear to do anything. I have tried to run the xcopy command under the prompt, it went fine. But PHP does not seems to excute it. The $rtn and pssthru() returns nothing! I even have a copy of cmd.exe in the directory with the .php file. Can anyone kindly lend me a hand and give me some hints please? -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+29571 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+29571 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+29571