Re: [PHP4BETA] System() Unable to fork....

Even when I use the command as you suggested I still get the same error message of: Warning: Unable to fork [notepad.exe] The syntax of the command that I am using is: system("c:\\windows\\notepad.exe"); Any further ideas? Spencer Shearer "Thies C. Arntzen" wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Spencer Shearer wrote: > > > I am using NT 4.0, IIS 4.0. and PHP 4. I am not able to get the system(), exec() > > or passthru() to work. I get the following error back: > > > > Warning: Unable to fork [notepad.exe] > > > > The command that I am using is as follows: > > > > system("c:\notepad.exe"); > > try > system("c:\\windows\\notepad.exe"); // not the double bachslashes - also > use the full path! > > regards, > tc > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > Spencer Shearer > > > > > > -- > > PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List > > <http://www.php.net/version4/> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" > Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 > Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany