----- Original Message -----
From: Sean Burlington <sean@uncertainty.org.uk>
Newsgroups: php.db
To: <php-db@lists.php.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Problem in executing linux command from PHP
> Gnanavel wrote:
> >>>$output=exec("cp file1 file2");
> >>>echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
> >>>
> >>>does not works. can any one help me out of this problem
> >>>
> >>>When I was executing the "cp" command it doesn't return anything.
> >>>But it returned the name of the last file when i executed the "ls"
> >
>
> >>
> >>`cp file1 file2` doesn't return anything - so your script probably is
> >>working as it correctly returns nothing.
> >>
>
> >
> > Thanks for help
> > The problem is the file is not copied to destination folder. I
experience
> > the problem for all file modification commands like "mv" etc..
> > I am unable run a shell script file from php which contains file
> > modification commands.
> >
>
> the scripts are probably running as a user with insufficient rights to
> perform those operations
>
> to find out which user you are running as try
>
> <?php echo `whoami`; ?>
>
> --
>
> Sean
Thanks for help.
Now it works.
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