RE: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread bruce
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] exec/system question.. Justin Patrin wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:55:37 -0500, Michael Sims > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sorry to followup to my own post, but I just did some qui

RE: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Michael Sims
bruce wrote: > michael... > > something strange is happening/or i'm missing something basic... but > here's the sys response from your suggestion... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]# php -r 'exec("bash -c 'exec nohup perl > /home/test/college.pl >/dev/null 2>&1 &'");' > [3] 2566 > -bash: ");: command no

RE: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread bruce
of the web server, although that may have something to do with what process/priv is running the app thanks, -bruce -Original Message- From: Justin Patrin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:21 PM To: Michael Sims Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] exec

RE: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Michael Sims
Justin Patrin wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:55:37 -0500, Michael Sims > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sorry to followup to my own post, but I just did some quick testing >> and apparently none of the above (nohup, setsid) is really >> necessary. As long as the output of the command is redirected

Re: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Lars Torben Wilson
Justin Patrin wrote: On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:55:37 -0500, Michael Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael Sims wrote: Justin Patrin wrote: On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:09:52 -0700, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2) i could run the perl script, and have it somehow run in the background this would ba

RE: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread bruce
;' [3] 2566 -bash: ");: command not found -bruce -Original Message- From: Michael Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] exec/system question.. bruce wrote: > my attempt (below) never seemed to

RE: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Michael Sims
bruce wrote: > my attempt (below) never seemed to work properly... > > php -r 'exec("perl /home/test/college.pl /dev/null 2>&1 &");' <<< > works, but doesn't return until the perl app completes... > > > php -r 'exec("bash -c 'exec nohup perl /home/test/college.pl > /dev/null 2>&1 &'");' <<< can't g

RE: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread bruce
-r 'exec("bash -c 'exec nohup perl /home/test/college.pl /dev/null 2>&1 &'");' <<< can't get this to work/return any ideas as to what i'm missing... thanks -bruce -Original Message- From: Michael Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Justin Patrin
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:55:37 -0500, Michael Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Sims wrote: > > Justin Patrin wrote: > >> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:09:52 -0700, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >>> 2) i could run the perl script, and have it somehow run in the > >>> background this wo

Re: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Justin Patrin
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:16:01 -0500, Michael Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Justin Patrin wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:09:52 -0700, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> 2) i could run the perl script, and have it somehow run in the > >> background this would ba good, if there's a wa

RE: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Michael Sims
Michael Sims wrote: > Justin Patrin wrote: >> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:09:52 -0700, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> 2) i could run the perl script, and have it somehow run in the >>> background this would ba good, if there's a way to essentially > [...] >> AFAIK there's no way to do this.

RE: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Michael Sims
Justin Patrin wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:09:52 -0700, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> 2) i could run the perl script, and have it somehow run in the >> background this would ba good, if there's a way to essentially [...] > AFAIK there's no way to do this. When the request ends (user

Re: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Frank Munch
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:09:52 -0700, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2) i could run the perl script, and have it somehow run in the > background this would ba good, if there's a way to essentially run the > php script in the background such that it doesn't hang apache. Do you mean "...to e

Re: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Justin Patrin
off the perl > script that i need to run... > > i'm using rh8.0... never played with cron jobs... > > thanks... > > -bruce > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Justin Patrin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:27 AM &g

Re: [PHP] exec/system question..

2004-07-21 Thread Justin Patrin
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:09:52 -0700, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey... > > looking at initiating a perl app from inside a php web app. basically, the > user will hit a button/start the app...the perl script will take awhile to > complete, so i'd like to run the app and then continue on with