Hello On 30/11/2007, Foxydot Dragon <foxydot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > hi all, new to the group... > > I've got a script that is making a call to an external program via > exec(). (I can use another function, just had luck with this so far.) > I need to know when the process that I'm calling has completed, so I > can move on to the next step AFTER the files are finished creating. Is > there a simple way to learn this? "exec" pause php until the program is finished, example <?php exec("foo"); echo "bar"; ?> "bar" won't be printed until foo execution end. > > > > > > > thanks, > fd > > I hope this info be useful for you, -- Best Regards Cesar D. Rodas http://www.cesarodas.com http://www.thyphp.com http://www.phpajax.org Phone: +595-961-974165