Re: Re: system, exec, shell_exec, passthru

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Quoting Adam Zey <azey@xxxxxx>:

> 
> Looking at your $command, there is no path in front of it. It's likely 
> that PHP's shell doesn't have the program in its PATH. Try manually 
> specifying the full path to the command:
> 
> $command="/home/peter/myprog $arg1 $arg2 > textfile.txt";
> 
> (or whatever the path is)
> 
> Keep in mind that under linux, (unlike DOS), you CANNOT execute 
> applications in the same directory without a path. Even if the program 
> is in the same directory as your present working directory (which is 
> usually where the PHP script is located), you'd have to do "./myprog" as 
> a relative path.
> 
> Regards, Adam Zey.

I have actually tried that and it didn't make any difference.
In the actual code I have full paths applied to all input and
output files.

One of the system calls is in the system path. (ie: /usr/bin)


Peter

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