ok.. i would assume there are a number of scripts that allow one to do a web based backup of a file system... not to question your skills, have you checked sites like freshmeat.net, sourceforge.net, hotscripts.com, etc... if none of these sites have apps that would meet your needs, we can wlak through some ways that you could create the script/app that would give you your functionality... -----Original Message----- From: André Medeiros [mailto:andre.caum@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 9:43 AM To: Paul Scott Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Send process to background Here's what I'm trying to do. There is a script that is called through a web request. That same script is responsible for backing up a whole site (and database) to .tar.gz files. Evidently, this will take a while. My first requirement was that it should _NOT_ deppend on external libraries (ie. pecl, modules and such). It has to be self-sustained. As such, it will take a bit longer to execute. All I need is a way to send a function to background, and to finish the request telling the user that the backup is being made. At that time, it should continue executing the backup untill it has been completed. If I can manage to do this, I will be able to make an application that pools the same page (it will store a status) to know if it's doing anything, if it has finished, if an error ocurred, or if the backup can be downloaded to our fileservers. Thanks. On 10/13/06, Paul Scott <pscott@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:05 +0000, André Medeiros wrote: > > > The thing is, the first request to the site needs to start the backup, > > but I didn't want to use any command-line tools, since some of our > > servers rely on safe_mode. Is there any way to send output to the > > browser on this first instance, finish the request, but keeping the > > PHP running and making the backup. > > Take a look at this class that I wrote a while back. It does what you > need. > > http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/2837.html > > --Paul > > > > All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/uwc2006/content/mail_disclaimer/index.htm > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
