Hello,
This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 15 Jul 2003 at 21:30,
lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you.
> I have the following exec command in php:
> exec("/bin/sed -f $GLOBALS[TMP_MAIL_DIR]"."cmdfile
> $GLOBALS[TMP_MAIL_DIR]"."$mailid >
> $GLOBALS[TMP_MAIL_DIR]"."$mailid"."tmp",$results);
> Which does a search and replace using the sed command file:
> s/'/'/g
> s/"/"/g
> Now, executed command line, this works beautifully, the input file is
> parsed
> and the results go to the output file - BUT when run via php, the
> output
> file is blank, empty, no data at all.
> Permissions are not the problem, I went so far as to 777 the directory
> and
> file, still the same results.
> Running PHP 4.1.2 on Linux Redhat something or another.
> I am sure that it is something simple, but it is driving me crazy!
> Oh, and yes, globals are on here - if I print out the exec line with
> the
> dynamically generated paths, etc, then execute that through the
> terminal, no
> problem.
> If anyone has run into this with exec commands before or can suggest a
> different way to run this command, I would love to hear it!
Put this line of code in your script:
echo "/bin/sed -f $GLOBALS[TMP_MAIL_DIR]"."cmdfile
$GLOBALS[TMP_MAIL_DIR]"."$mailid >
$GLOBALS[TMP_MAIL_DIR]"."$mailid"."tmp";
and check that it contains what you expect it to.
All the best,
David.
--
phpmachine :: The quick and easy to use service providing you with
professionally developed PHP scripts :: http://www.phpmachine.com/
Professional Web Development by David Nicholson
http://www.djnicholson.com/
QuizSender.com - How well do your friends actually know you?
http://www.quizsender.com/
(developed entirely in PHP)
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
