As far as I know...yes. Thats what I have seen on every post I have looked at and also, thats the way it worked from the console. It wouldnt work with no space. Thanks for your reply, Aaron "David Orlovich" <david.orlovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:59A992CA-327A-11D9-AC9A-003065CC6B30@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > also ... I notice you have a space after the "-u" - should that be there? > David. > > On 10/11/2004, at 6:59 AM, Aaron Todd wrote: > >> I have created a PHP script that looks like: >> >> <?php >> $filename = "/var/www/html/db_backup_" . date("n-j-y").".sql"; >> exec('mysqldump -u ***** -p***** database > $filename'); >> ?> >> >> For some reason this doesnt work and I cant figure out why. There is no >> error that comes back. When I run the mysqldump command from the server >> console it produces the file fine. I have read a few other posts out >> there >> about this same thing which resulted in the location the file was being >> saved. But I have gone through my server and found nothing. Does anyone >> have any suggestions for regarding this. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Aaron >> >> -- >> PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
