Since i enabled safe_mode in PHP, commands like exec("mysqldump > /tmp/123.sql") dont work any longer. So is redirection ">" disabled in safe_mode ? mysqldump is executable from my safe_bin dir an i got write permission on the specified directory. Thanks in advance. With regards Mirko Heise -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php