Re: [LUG] run an sh script with php or perl

[Alex Charrett <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Mark Cubitt wrote:

> hi,
> 
> I'm trying to run a sh script from a web page using wither perl(CGI) or php,
> I have searched the web and tried quite a few options but none seem to work.
> 
> the file is called build.sh and is stored in /wsw/ it deletes some files
> chmods some files and runs some pl files to build a web site.
> 
> I have tried 'popen' in php and the following
> 
> $cmd = "/wsw/build.sh";
> $ret = qx($cmd) or die "Can't execute: $!\n";
> 
> in perl
> 
> the file permissions are set to 777 on both the sh file and the wsw
> directory.
> 
> the problem is it seems to run part of the file (deletes some files but not
> all I want) but doesn't run any of the rest.
> 
> if anybody can shed some light on this it would be a great help.

Are all the files owned/writable by the webserver?

What does it say in the error_log? That is usually very helfpul.

Alex.


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