Hi, What's the purpose of this function? It's prototype is: /* {{{ proto string shell_exec(string cmd) Use pclose() for FILE* that has been opened via popen() */ What advantage does this have over something like exec() or system()? -Sterling -- PHP Development 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]