Re: exec hanging browser

TRY exec("command.com /c file.bat"); "Christopher Hahn" <CHahn@peregrine.com> wrote in message news:48EC150CA6E4D311B18600508B95ADF20155AF9E@mail1-sd.peregrine.com... > > Hello > > I have a tcl script that I want to call from a > webpage, using PHP. > > This script normally takes a few minutes to run > (as long a 30-40 minutes), and I know that usually > exec will wait on the call, so I wrapped a batch file > around the call, using "start" to force the run into > the background. > > Now I have a bat file that returns to the prompt > immeadiately. (key point!) > > but the call: > exec("filename.bat"); > > still hangs my browser. > > I have also tried: > exec("filename.bat 2> nul"); > > with no more success. > > Any ideas appreciated, > > Christopher > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >