Edward Kay wrote:
> As a check, does 'apache2ctl graceful' actually output anything to STDOUT? I

well apparently the 'Syntax OK' message is output by apache2ctl to STD_ERR;
which is weird if you ask me - not what I would expect (how in any way
is 'Syntax OK' an error?)

oh well I guess I have a lot to learn and the *nix command line :-)

thanks for your feedback!

> would expect your exec commands to work - try with something like 'ls' or
> 'whoami' and see if you get any results that way.
> 
> Edward
> 
>> I have been trying to figure out how to use exec to run some commandline
>> scripts (some perl scripts & mysql in this case) WITH the output
>> of the commands
>> run via exec being shown on the screen.
>>
>> neither of these examples have the desired effect:
>>
>>     $output = array(); $exit = 0;
>>     exec('apache2ctl graceful', $output, $exit);
>>
>>
>>     $output = array(); $exit = 0;
>>     @exec('apache2ctl graceful', $output, $exit);
>>
>> please someone tell me there is a decent way to do this (something
>> to do with STD input/output redirection or something?) and that
>> I'm not left
>> with trying something like:
>>
>>     ob_start();
>>     $output = array(); $exit1 = $exit2 = 0;
>>     @exec('apache2ctl graceful', $output, $exit1);
>>     ob_end_clean();
>>
>> ... of which I don't even know if it would work.
>>
>> anyone care to share their clue?
>>
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