Use ; instead of |
e.g.
shell_exec("cd /change/to/dir; tar cvf /place/for/backup.tar files");
Todd.
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> Sent: Monday, 2 September 2002 9:40 AM
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> Can somebody tell me way this will work at the command line but will
> not work using PHP I also tried exec and system. from the command line
> it adds all the files and directors. But using the script below from
> PHP it creates an empty archive.
>
> shell_exec("cd /home/sites/www.directphp.net/ | tar --create --verbose
> --file=/home/sites/www.directphp.net/sitebackup/backup.192002.tar web");
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