Re: [PHP] System(), exec(), Passthru(), etc
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:54, ReDucTor wrote: - Original Message - From: David Robley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ReDucTor [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] System(), exec(), Passthru(), etc On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:19, ReDucTor wrote: I can't seem to get a return value, while using the functions, it just puts a 0 on the page, i try putting a br after i do the system call, still all that is on the page, 0, something is wrong, anyone know why?!? I got no telnet access, and i want to do some cron jobs :D - James ReDucTor Mitchell Perhaps if you show how you are doing this, it might be easier to help. Are you for instance using the return_var argument? And in some cases, 0 is a valid return value; some programs may not return a value at all. [EMAIL PROTECTED] echo System(crontab -l, $var).br; echo $var; I doubt that crontab is likely to return an exit status - there's nothing in the man page to indicate it, and it is an interactive app (mostly). You might get a return from the _shell_ if it failed to execute crontab for wahtever reason. Wiser heads than mine may be able to offer more info; or scratch around in the crontab source. (I was going to say older heads, but that cuts the options down considerably) -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] System(), exec(), Passthru(), etc
I can't seem to get a return value, while using the functions, it just puts a 0 on the page, i try putting a br after i do the system call, still all that is on the page, 0, something is wrong, anyone know why?!? I got no telnet access, and i want to do some cron jobs :D - James ReDucTor Mitchell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] System(), exec(), Passthru(), etc
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:19, ReDucTor wrote: I can't seem to get a return value, while using the functions, it just puts a 0 on the page, i try putting a br after i do the system call, still all that is on the page, 0, something is wrong, anyone know why?!? I got no telnet access, and i want to do some cron jobs :D - James ReDucTor Mitchell Perhaps if you show how you are doing this, it might be easier to help. Are you for instance using the return_var argument? And in some cases, 0 is a valid return value; some programs may not return a value at all. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Best way to dispose of the Borg: Give them Windows 3.1. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] System(), exec(), Passthru(), etc
echo System(crontab -l, $var).br; echo $var; - Original Message - From: David Robley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ReDucTor [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] System(), exec(), Passthru(), etc On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:19, ReDucTor wrote: I can't seem to get a return value, while using the functions, it just puts a 0 on the page, i try putting a br after i do the system call, still all that is on the page, 0, something is wrong, anyone know why?!? I got no telnet access, and i want to do some cron jobs :D - James ReDucTor Mitchell Perhaps if you show how you are doing this, it might be easier to help. Are you for instance using the return_var argument? And in some cases, 0 is a valid return value; some programs may not return a value at all. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Best way to dispose of the Borg: Give them Windows 3.1. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
