Hey guys.. I crafted a test php app to generate the test cmdline to ssh into the remote box, attach to the screen, and fire off the testApp... This works as expected from the cmdline... I su - crawl_user, then run the cmd, take a look on another term, that's set to the ipAddress. When I attach to the screen.. I see the app running.. Checking the procTbl shows the app running as well... However.... when I run the cmd from a test php... using backticks.. the remote ssh/screen/app isn't run... Any pointers on what I can look at to debug this.. the actual cmd that works on the cmdline:: ssh -t crawl_user@162.243.166.31 "screen -r crawlSession -X stuff '/crawl_tmp/startCollegeCrawl_test_bycol.php --crawlDir /crawl_tmp --nfsDir /cloud_nfs --nfsFetchDir /cloud_nfs_fetch --colName austincc_0'$(echo -ne '\015') " the test php that generates the above cmd... //--run the bycol for the college, using the ipAddress.. $scmd="ssh -t crawl_user@".$bycol_ip_list[$cnt].' "screen -r crawlSession -X stuff '; $scmd=$scmd."'/crawl_tmp/startCollegeCrawl_test_bycol.php --crawlDir /crawl_tmp "; $scmd=$scmd."--nfsDir /cloud_nfs --nfsFetchDir /cloud_nfs_fetch "; $scmd=$scmd."--colName ".$d."'$(echo -ne '\\015') ".'"'; print "bycol cmd .. ".$scmd."\n"; $scmd=`$scmd`; print " stop..bycol sleeping prior to starting..\n"; exit(); thanks.... _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx